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circumvest

circumvest verb: to cover round, as with a garment; to invest.

Verb

circumvest (third-person singular simple present circumvests, present participle circumvesting, simple past and past participle circumvested)

  1. (obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
    • Circumvested with much prejudice.1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers

Forms of circumvest

third-person singular presentcircumvests
present participlecircumvesting
past participlecircumvested
pastcircumvested

Origin of circumvest

From Latin circumvestire, from circum (“around”) + vestire (“to clothe”).

Questions about circumvest

What does circumvest mean?
Circumvest means to cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
What part of speech is circumvest?
Circumvest is a verb.
What is the past tense of circumvest?
The past tense of circumvest is circumvested.

Words near circumvest in the dictionary

  1. circumversion
  2. circumvert
  3. circumverted
  4. circumverting
  5. circumverts
  6. circumvest
  7. circumvested
  8. circumvestibular
  9. circumvesting
  10. circumvests
  11. circumvolant

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