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CIRCINATION n.
A circle; a concentric layer. [Obs.] "The circinations and spherical rounds of onions." Sir T. Browne.
CIRCLE n. 4 definitions
A round body; a sphere; an orb. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth. Is. xi. 22.
CIRCLED a.
Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her circled orb." Shak.
CIRCLER n.
A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
CIRCLET n.
A round body; an orb. Pope. Fairest of stars . . . that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet. Milton.
CIRCUIT n. 5 definitions
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun. Watts.
CIRCUITION n.
The act of going round; circumlocution. [R.]
CIRCUITOUS a.
Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accompalishing an end. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n.
CIRCUITY n.
A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.
CIRCULAR a. 2 definitions
In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
CIRCULARISE v.
to to pass around, as information. Syn. -- circulate, circularize, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse. [WordNet 1.5]
CIRCULATE v.
To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. Boyle.
CIRCULATORY a.
Circulating, or going round. T. Warton.
CIRCUM- n.
A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about.
CIRCUMAMBAGE n.
A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. [Obs.] S. Richardson.
CIRCUMAMBIENCY n.
The act of surrounding or encompassing. Sir T. Browne.
CIRCUMAMBIENT a.
Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.
CIRCUMAMBULATE v.
To walk round about. -- Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion, n.
CIRCUMBENDIBUS n.
A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] Goldsmith.
CIRCUMDENUDATION n.
Denudation around or in the neighborhood of an object. Hills of circumdenudation, hills which have been produced by surface erosion; the elevations which have been left, after denudation of a mass of high ground. Jukes.
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