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circumpass

circumpass verb: to go around; to span.

Verb

circumpass (third-person singular simple present circumpasses, present participle circumpassing, simple past and past participle circumpassed)

  1. To go around; to span.
    • Pythagoras hath made God, a spirit dispersed through the Nature of all things, whence our soules are derived. Parmenides, a Circle circumpassing [translating entournant] the heavens, and by the heat of light maintaining the world., II.12

Forms of circumpass

third-person singular presentcircumpasses
present participlecircumpassing
past participlecircumpassed
pastcircumpassed

Origin of circumpass

From circum- + pass.

Questions about circumpass

What does circumpass mean?
Circumpass means to go around; to span.
What part of speech is circumpass?
Circumpass is a verb.
What is the past tense of circumpass?
The past tense of circumpass is circumpassed.

Words near circumpass in the dictionary

  1. circumorbital
  2. circumorbitals
  3. circumoval
  4. circumpapillary
  5. circumparasitic
  6. circumpass
  7. circumpassed
  8. circumpasses
  9. circumpassing
  10. circumpeduncular
  11. circumpeninsular

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