Circumpass
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To go around; to span.
"Pythagoras hath made God, a spirit dispersed through the Nature of all things, whence our soules are derived. Parmenides, a Circle circumpassing [translating entournant] the heavens, and by the heat of light maintaining the world."
Example
More examples"Pythagoras hath made God, a spirit dispersed through the Nature of all things, whence our soules are derived. Parmenides, a Circle circumpassing [translating entournant] the heavens, and by the heat of light maintaining the world."
Etymology
From circum- + pass.
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