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circummured

circummured 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 circummured

What is circummured the simple past and past participle of?
Circummured is the simple past and past participle of circummure.

Words near circummured in the dictionary

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

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