окружить

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Russian

Etymology

о- (o-) +‎ кружи́ть (kružítʹ)

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Verb

окружи́ть (okružítʹpf (imperfective окружа́ть)

  1. to gather round
  2. to encircle, to ring in
  3. to surround, to lavish
    • 1790, Александр Радищев , “Зайцово”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
      Они́ окружи́ли всех четверы́х госпо́д и, ко́ротко сказа́ть, уби́ли их до сме́рти на том же ме́сте.
      Oní okružíli vsex četverýx gospód i, kórotko skazátʹ, ubíli ix do smérti na tom že méste.
      They surrounded their four masters and, in short, beat them to death on the spot.
  4. to encircle, to round up

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