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(1):

(n.) A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.

(2):

(v. t.) 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.

(3):

(v. t.) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.

(4):

(v. t.) To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.

(5):

(v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Surround'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/surround.html. 1828.
 
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