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   Surround , 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.]
   To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
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   To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
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   But could instead, and ever-during dark
   Surrounds me.
   Milton.
   
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   To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. [Obs.]
   Fuller.
   
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   (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.
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   Syn. -- To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about.
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   Surround, 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.
   
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