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circummures

circummures is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 circummures

What is circummures the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Circummures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of circummure.

Words near circummures in the dictionary

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

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