circumpose

English

Etymology

From Latin circumpōno (“I put round”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːkəmˌpəʊz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝːkəmˌpoʊz/

Verb

circumpose (third-person singular simple present circumposes, present participle circumposing, simple past and past participle circumposed)

1. (obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
   • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):

     The circumposed air is moved with the Earth.

2. (obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
   • 1693, John Evelyn, De la Quintinie's Compleat Gard'ner, section 2.152:

     To Circumpose Trees by planting them in Baskets, Pots, and Boxes, or Cases.

Derived terms

• circumposition

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “circumpose”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
• Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, Sixth Edition (1785)