Obs. In 5–6 circun-. [ad. L. circumdăt-us, pa. pple. of circumdăre to put around, surround.] Surrounded, encompassed.
1460. Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866), 82. O plesaunt olyue with grace circundate!
c. 1510. Barclay, Mirr. Good Mann. (1570), E j. This life is … Circundate in compasse with misery and wo.
1560. Rolland, Crt. Venus, II. 475. All circundat with the quhite Alabast.
