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circumpassed

circumpassed is the simple past and past participle of circumpass.

Meaning of circumpass

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

Questions about circumpassed

What is circumpassed the simple past and past participle of?
Circumpassed is the simple past and past participle of circumpass.

Words near circumpassed in the dictionary

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

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