Bible Dictionaries
Environment

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.

(2):

(n.) Act of environing; state of being environed.

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