单词 | environed |
释义 | environedadj. 1. Surrounded, encircled, encompassed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounded purseynta1400 umberunc1440 circumdate1460 cinct?a1475 succinct?a1475 circledc1540 circumferat1575 circumscript1610 environed1610 encircled1632 precinct1641 circumcinct1656 cinctured1757 begirt1791 begirdled1813 compassed1860 surrounded1891 1610 J. Mason Turke iv. i. sig. G3 I should..make religion of my forc'd restraint: I then should sleepe and pray:..my enuironed spirit Shold not thus swell beyond my present freedome. 1791 Bee 1 June 135 It serveth to destroy the environed enemy, by continual charges and shot of the Harquebuse. 1845 W. G. Simms Count Julian v. vii. 148 The crisis was momently becoming more fearful to the environed monarch. 1898 J. W. Howe From Sunset Ridge 11 Through that environed blessedness Our sorrow cannot wholly rise. 1999 R. Attfield Ethics of Global Environment i. 10 Environments never exist before the environed creature does. 2. Heraldry. Of a charge, shield, etc.: surrounded or set round with other objects, as a head with a wreath, a lion with bezants, etc. ΚΠ 1655 M. Carter Anal. Honor in Honor Rediv. 68 A Saricen's head..environed about the Temples with a wreath. a1742 N. Salmon Families of Eng. Nobility (1751) 189 On a Wreath, a Monkey at Gaze, proper; environed about the Middle, and chained, Or. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxiv. 407 The Royal Shield of England environed with the fleurs de lys of France. 1912 P. Allen Peeps at Heraldry p. vii Supporters.—Two monkeys environed and chained or. 1998 R. Osberg in R. Utz & T. Shippey Medievalism in Mod. World 37 This departure from the exemplar suggests..that the environed roses are not to be considered part of the Queen's device. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1610 |
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