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noun

Environment n.

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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."

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Etymology of 'Environment'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Environment" Quotes from Famous Books

... the then admirable Fine Arts of the North; in all which Tryggveson appears to have been the Raphael and the Michael Angelo at once. Essentially definable, too, if we look well into him, as a wild bit of real heroism, in such rude guise and environment; a high, true, and great human soul. A jovial burst of laughter in him, withal; a bright, airy, wise way of speech; dressed beautifully and with care; a man admired and loved exceedingly by those he liked; dreaded as death by those he did not like. "Hardly any king," says Snorro, "was ...

— Early Kings of Norway • Thomas Carlyle

... shop at the corner of the High Street was but a fried-fish shop, visited once a week rapturously. But after the awakening, everything was changed. Things assumed a hitherto hidden significance. Beauty broke her blossoms everywhere about the grey streets and the sordid interiors that were my environment. ...

— Nights in London • Thomas Burke

... is mutual," she laughed. "I must say that you and Mr. Winton have chosen a highly unconventional environment ...

— A Fool For Love • Francis Lynde

... of air and sunshine. Stacpoole thoroughly enjoyed his new surroundings, which he associated with the description of Malvern Hills in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh (1857): "Keepers of Piers Plowman's visions / Through the sunshine and the snow." This environment encouraged his interest in literature ...

— The Blue Lagoon - A Romance • H. de Vere Stacpoole

... and they were gathered at supper in the brightly-lighted, well-furnished dining-room of the ranch. It was a jolly party, where every one radiated happiness and good nature. There was not a particle of stiffness or pretence in that wholesome environment. The delight of their hosts in having them there found an echo in the hearts of the boys, and they were soon on as genial and friendly a footing as though they had known ...

— Bert Wilson in the Rockies • J. W. Duffield

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