† circumvestv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To clothe or invest about, to enwrap as with a garment.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop
befolda1000
umbefold14..
foldc1394
umbeclipa1395
involvea1420
overfold?1440
warp1513
overroll1548
encompass1553
invest1578
immantle1585
enrol1590
imply1590
circumvest1599
circumvestite1599
enfold1599
convolve1601
shadow1608
overlapc1612
enwreathe1620
obvele1654
obside1695
integument1883
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 112/2 Take Rye paeste, and therwith circumveste the glasse.
a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 207 All greatness of Power and Favour is circumvested with much prejudice.
a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) Psalm civ Who..mad'st the deep to circumvest it round.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Hh4v Sprigs..circumvested with little soft leaves.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. ; whence in mod. Dicts.
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