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Webster 1913 Edition

Circumvest

Cirˊcum-vest′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
circumvestire
;
circum + vestire
to clothe.]
To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
[Obs.]
Circumvested
with much prejudice.
Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Circumvest

CIRCUMVEST

,
Verb.
T.
To cover round, as with a garment.

Definition 2024

circumvest

circumvest

English

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
    Circumvested with much prejudice. — Sir H. Wotton.

Etymology

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

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