I.to enclose around, surround: “quā Mons Apenninus regiones Italiae Etruriaeque circumcingit,” Vitr. 2, 6, 5: “eum zonā gloriae,” Vulg. Ecclus. 45, 9: “PORTICVS,” Inscr. Orell. 4043.—In part. pres., Cels. 7, 15: “telis circumcingentibus,” Sil. 10, 2.
circum-cingo , ĕre, v. a.,