英和和英

発音

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɜːkəmˌpəʊz/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈsɝːkəmˌpoʊz/

動詞

circumpose (三人称単数 現在形 circumposes, 現在分詞 circumposing, 過去形および過去分詞形 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 2.152:

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

派生語

• circumposition

参照

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
• Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, Sixth Edition (1785)