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circumferenced

circumferenced is the simple past and past participle of circumference.

Meaning of circumference

Verb

circumference (third-person singular simple present circumferences, present participle circumferencing, simple past and past participle circumferenced)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To include in a circular space; to bound.
    • Nor is the vigour of this great body included only in itself, or circumferenced by its surface1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

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Questions about circumferenced

What is circumferenced the simple past and past participle of?
Circumferenced is the simple past and past participle of circumference.

Words near circumferenced in the dictionary

  1. circumeter
  2. circumeters
  3. circumfer
  4. circumfered
  5. circumference
  6. circumferenced
  7. circumferenceless
  8. circumferences
  9. circumferencing
  10. circumferential
  11. circumferentially

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