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Webster 1913 Edition

Surround

Sur-round′

,
Verb.
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′

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Surround

SURROUND'

,
Verb.
T.
[sur and round.]
1.
To encompass; to environ; to inclose on all sides; as, to surround a city. They surrounded a body of the enemy.
2.
To lie or be on all sides of; as, a wall or ditch surrounds the city.

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