Meanings
verbcircumpose (third-person singular simple present circumposes, present participle circumposing, simple past and past participle circumposed)
present singular third person circumposes · participle present circumposing · participle past circumposed · past circumposed
- obsoleteTo put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
The circumposed air is moved with the Earth.
1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2) - obsoleteTo place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
To Circumpose Trees by planting them in Baskets, Pots, and Boxes, or Cases.
1693, John Evelyn, De la Quintinie's Compleat Gard'ner, section 2.152
Origin
- Latincircumpōno“to put round”
- Englishcircumpose
From Latin circumpōno (“to put round”).
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