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circumpasses

circumpasses is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 circumpasses

What is circumpasses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Circumpasses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of circumpass.

Words near circumpasses in the dictionary

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

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