Surround is defined as to enclose or circle around.
(verb)See surround in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
Origin: ME surrounden, altered (as if < sur-, sur- + round) < surunden, to overflow < OFr suronder < LL superundare < L super- (see super-) + undare, to move in waves, rise < unda, a wave (see water)
noun
See surround in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds
Origin:
Origin: Middle English surrounden, to inundate
Origin: , from Old French suronder
Origin: , from Late Latin superundāre
Origin: : Latin super-, super-
Origin: + Latin undāre, to rise in waves (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots)
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