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† circumˈvest, v. Obs.
[ad. L. circumvestīre to clothe around, wrap up.]
trans. To clothe or invest about, to enwrap as with a garment.
1599A. M. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 112/2 Take Rye paeste, and therwith circumveste the glasse. 1642Wotton Life Dk. Buckhm. in Reliq. Wotton. (1685) 207 All greatness of Power and Favour is circumvested with much prejudice. 1651Ibid. Psalm civ., Who..mad'st the deep to circumvest it round. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 234 Sprigs..circumvested with little soft leaves. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1755in Johnson; whence in mod. Dicts. |