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circummur'd

circummur'd is the simple past and past participle of circummure.

Meaning of circummure

Verb

circummure (third-person singular simple present circummures, present participle circummuring, simple past and past participle circummured)

  1. (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a wall.
    • This empty roof, / this sleeping town, this great stone wall / which circummures us.2001, Bernardine Evaristo, The Emperor's Babe, Penguin Essentials (2020), page 109

Questions about circummur'd

What is circummur'd the simple past and past participle of?
Circummur'd is the simple past and past participle of circummure.

Words near circummur'd in the dictionary

  1. circummediterranean
  2. circummedullary
  3. circummeridian
  4. circummultiple
  5. circummundane
  6. circummur'd
  7. circummure
  8. circummured
  9. circummures
  10. circummuring
  11. circumnaphthalene

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