Sur*round" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Surrounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Surrounding.] [OF. suronder to overflow, LL.
superundare; fr. L. super over + undare to rise
in waves, overflow, fr. unda wave. The English sense is due to
the influence of E. round. See Super-, and
Undulate, and cf. Abound.] 1. To
inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle;
as, a wall surrounds the city.
But could instead, and ever-during dark
Surrounds me.
Milton.
3. To pass around; to travel about; to
circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. [Obs.]
Fuller.
4. (Mil.) To inclose, as a body of
troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of
communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.
Syn. -- To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in;
fence about.
Sur*round", n. A method of hunting
some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them
over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. [U.S.] Baird.
Sur*round" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Surrounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Surrounding.] [OF. suronder to overflow, LL.
superundare; fr. L. super over + undare to rise
in waves, overflow, fr. unda wave. The English sense is due to
the influence of E. round. See Super-, and
Undulate, and cf. Abound.] 1. To
inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle;
as, a wall surrounds the city.
But could instead, and ever-during dark
Surrounds me.
Milton.
3. To pass around; to travel about; to
circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. [Obs.]
Fuller.
4. (Mil.) To inclose, as a body of
troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of
communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.
Syn. -- To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in;
fence about.
Sur*round", n. A method of hunting
some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them
over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. [U.S.] Baird.
