v. ? Obs. [repr. L. circumpōnĕre, on the analogy of compose, expose, etc.: see APPOSE, PAUSE, POSE.]
1. trans. To place around.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, V. 75. [The] Panchreas … circumposed to the singular scissions of the vesselles.
† 2. To place within any encircling space, to set (a plant) in a pot or tub; to pot. Obs.
1693. Evelyn, De la Quint. Compl. Gard., II. 152. To Circumpose Trees by planting them in Baskets, Pots, and Boxes, or Cases, we first fill half way with Earth those Baskets, Pots, or Boxes, and then having pruned and trim’d the Trees … we Plant them, plunging the Baskets and Pots quite into the Earth, but leaving the Boxes above Ground.
