circummurev.
/səːkəmˈmjʊə/ transitive. To wall round.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > enclose with a wall
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. i. 27 A Garden circummur'd with Bricke. View more context for this quotation
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xciiii. sig. Bbv Restraint by Service,..is..farre worse, then the being circum-mured onely.
1839 Chambers's Jrnl. 15 July 200 The space thus employed is entirely circummured.
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