† circumˈvest, v. Obs.
[ad. L. circumvestīre to clothe around, wrap up.]
trans. To clothe or invest about, to enwrap as with a garment.
| 1599 A. M. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 112/2 Take Rye paeste, and therwith circumveste the glasse. 1642 Wotton Life Dk. Buckhm. in Reliq. Wotton. (1685) 207 All greatness of Power and Favour is circumvested with much prejudice. 1651 Ibid. Psalm civ., Who..mad'st the deep to circumvest it round. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 234 Sprigs..circumvested with little soft leaves. 1721–1800 in Bailey. 1755 in Johnson; whence in mod. Dicts. |