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circumsail

circumsail verb: to sail completely around.

Verb

circumsail (third-person singular simple present circumsails, present participle circumsailing, simple past and past participle circumsailed)

  1. (transitive) To sail completely around.

Forms of circumsail

third-person singular presentcircumsails
present participlecircumsailing
past participlecircumsailed
pastcircumsailed

Origin of circumsail

From circum- + sail.

Questions about circumsail

What does circumsail mean?
Circumsail means to sail completely around.
What part of speech is circumsail?
Circumsail is a verb.
What is the past tense of circumsail?
The past tense of circumsail is circumsailed.

Words near circumsail in the dictionary

  1. circumrotating
  2. circumrotation
  3. circumrotations
  4. circumrotatory
  5. circumsaccate
  6. circumsail
  7. circumsailed
  8. circumsailing
  9. circumsails
  10. circumsaturnian
  11. circumscissile

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