circummure

English

Etymology

From circum- +‎ Latin murus; compare immure.

Verb

circummure (third-person singular simple present circummures, present participle circummuring, simple past and past participle circummured)

1. (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a wall.
   • 2001, Bernardine Evaristo, The Emperor's Babe, Penguin Essentials (2020), page 109:

     This empty roof, / this sleeping town, this great stone wall / which circummures us.