v. Obs. [f. EN-1 + ROUND sb.]
1. trans. To surround, encircle.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., I. 590. And other while an hen wol have the pippe, A white pellet that wol the tonge enrounde.
1580. Sidney, etc. Ps. xlvi. Kings with siege her walls enround.
1599. Shaks., Hen. V., IV. Prol. 36. How dread an Army hath enrounded him.
1600. Tourneur, Transf. Met., lxii. And spies the multitude that him enround.
2. To ‘compass,’ try to bring about. Obs. rare–1.
1606. Earl Northampton, in True & Perfect Relat., Bbb j a. A crafty pate, enrounding violently the ruine of our Soueraigne.
