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r the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit. The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. Johnson. I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. Shak.

Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.

In a limited manner.

In a literal, limited, or narrow manner. [R.] Milton.

Attentive to all the circustances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.

Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness. With silent circumspection, unespied. Milton.

Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.

Circumspectly.

In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily.

Vigilance un guarding against evil from every quarter; caution. [Travel] forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at home are nursed in security. Sir H. Wotton.

s to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things. The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened. W. Irving.

d in a particular position or condition; situated. The proposition is, that two bodies so circumstanced will balance each other. Whewell.

Standing or placed around; surrounding. [R.] "Circumstant bodies." Sir K. Digby.

Capable of being circumstantiated. [Obs.] Jer Taylor.

Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents. The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. Paley.

The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. "I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality." De Quincey.

In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally. Of the fancy and intellect, the powers are only circumstantially different. Glanvill.

To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.] If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. Bramhall.

Being or dwelling around the earth. "Circumterraneous demouns." H. Hallywell.

To flow round, as waves. [R.]