circumpose

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin circumpōno (“I put round”).

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːkəmˌpəʊz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝːkəmˌpoʊz/

Verb edit

circumpose (third-person singular simple present circumposes, present participle circumposing, simple past and past participle circumposed)

(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
  The circumposed air is moved with the Earth.
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
- 1693, John Evelyn, De la Quintinie's Compleat Gard'ner, section 2.152:
  To Circumpose Trees by planting them in Baskets, Pots, and Boxes, or Cases.

Derived terms edit

circumposition

References edit

John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “circumpose”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, Sixth Edition (1785)