v.
- be all round; encircle.
- be associated with:
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the killings were surrounded by controversy.
n.
- a border or edging.
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(surrounds)
surroundings.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘overflow’): from OFr. souronder, from late L. superundare, from super- ‘over’ + undare ‘to flow’; later assoc. with round.
