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circumvests

circumvests is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 circumvests

What is circumvests the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Circumvests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of circumvest.

Words near circumvests in the dictionary

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

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