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circummure

circummure verb: to surround with, or as if with, a wall.

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

Forms of circummure

third-person singular presentcircummures
present participlecircummuring
past participlecircummured
pastcircummured

Origin of circummure

From circum- + Latin murus; compare immure.

Questions about circummure

What does circummure mean?
Circummure means to surround with, or as if with, a wall.
What part of speech is circummure?
Circummure is a verb.
What is the past tense of circummure?
The past tense of circummure is circummured.

Words near circummure in the dictionary

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

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