Circumpass

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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

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"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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