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circummuring

circummuring is the present participle and gerund 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 circummuring

What is circummuring the present participle and gerund of?
Circummuring is the present participle and gerund of circummure.

Words near circummuring in the dictionary

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

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