circumvest

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verb

To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.

OriginLatin circumvestire →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

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

present singular third person circumvests · participle present circumvesting · participle past circumvested · past circumvested

  1. obsoleteTo 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

Origin

  1. Latincircumvestire
  2. Englishcircumvest

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

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APA

circumvest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumvest

MLA

“circumvest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumvest. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumvest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumvest.

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