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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Circumdate, -it, p.p. [L. circumdatus. Cf. Circundat.] Surrounded, encompassed. —1533 Boece viii. viii. 265 b.
Als mekill land as be ane thwayng mycht be circumdate 1596 Morris Provosts of Methven (1875) 87.
That littell ȝeard circumdit about with littell treis and hedgis
