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circumposed

circumposed is the simple past and past participle of circumpose.

Meaning of circumpose

Verb

circumpose (third-person singular simple present circumposes, present participle circumposing, simple past and past participle circumposed)

  1. (obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
    • The circumposed air is moved with the Earth.1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2)
  2. (obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
    • To Circumpose Trees by planting them in Baskets, Pots, and Boxes, or Cases.1693, John Evelyn, De la Quintinie's Compleat Gard'ner, section 2.152

Questions about circumposed

What is circumposed the simple past and past participle of?
Circumposed is the simple past and past participle of circumpose.

Words near circumposed in the dictionary

  1. circumpolar
  2. circumpolarity
  3. circumpolarly
  4. circumpolloid
  5. circumpose
  6. circumposed
  7. circumposes
  8. circumposing
  9. circumposition
  10. circumpositional
  11. circumpositions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: circumposed (page history and authors); circumpose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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