circumpass

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verb

To go around; to span.

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Meanings

verbcircumpass (third-person singular simple present circumpasses, present participle circumpassing, simple past and past participle circumpassed)

present singular third person circumpasses · participle present circumpassing · participle past circumpassed · past circumpassed

  1. To go around; to span.

    Pythagoras hath made God, a spirit dispersed through the Nature of all things, whence our soules are derived. Parmenides, a Circle circumpassing [translating entournant] the heavens, and by the heat of light maintaining the world.

    , II.12

Origin

From circum- + pass.

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APA

circumpass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumpass

MLA

“circumpass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumpass. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumpass,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumpass.

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