rare. [f. prec. sb.] trans. To form the circumference of, to encompass.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., II. ii. 57. Nor is the vigour of this great body included only in i[t]s selfe, or circumferenced by its surface.
1887. Talmage, in Voice, 15 Dec., 7/1. The earth is diametered and circumferenced with discord.
