circumpose
verbUK /ˈsɜːkəmˌpəʊz/ · US /ˈsɝːkəmˌpoʊz/
Etymology From Latin circumpōno (“to put round”).
1
Obsolete To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
- The circumposed air is moved with the Earth.1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2)
2
Obsolete To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
- To Circumpose Trees by planting them in Baskets, Pots, and Boxes, or Cases.1693, John Evelyn, De la Quintinie's Compleat Gard'ner, section 2.152:
- Derived terms
- circumposition