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Webster 1913 Edition
Environment
En-vi′ron-ment
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
environnement
.] 1.
Act of environing; state of being environed.
2.
That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.
It is no friendly
environment
, this of thine. Carlyle.