Meaning

2 senses

  1. (obsolete)To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.

  2. (obsolete)To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).

Origin

From Latin circumpōno (“to put round”).

From Latin circumpōno (“to put round”).

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Forms

circumposes, circumposing, circumposed, circumposed
Base formcircumpose · to circumpose
3rd person singularcircumposes
Present participlecircumposing
Past simplecircumposed
Past participlecircumposed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycircumpose
he, she, itcircumposes

Past simpleLesson

all personscircumposed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave circumposed
he, she, ithas circumposed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill circumpose

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcircumposition

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
circumcisioncircumferencecircumpolarcircumscribecircumstanceB2circumstantial
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