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circumvesting

circumvesting is the present participle and gerund of circumvest.

Meaning of circumvest

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

Questions about circumvesting

What is circumvesting the present participle and gerund of?
Circumvesting is the present participle and gerund of circumvest.

Words near circumvesting in the dictionary

  1. circumverting
  2. circumverts
  3. circumvest
  4. circumvested
  5. circumvestibular
  6. circumvesting
  7. circumvests
  8. circumvolant
  9. circumvolation
  10. circumvolations
  11. circumvolute

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