circumfer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]circumfer (third-person singular simple present circumfers, present participle circumfering or circumferring, simple past and past participle circumfered or circumferred)
- (obsolete, transitive) To bear or carry around.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
- In philosophy, the contemplations of man do either penetrate unto God, or are circumfered of nature
References
[edit]“circumfer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
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[edit]circumfer