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Surrounded by a ridle or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillæ, near the base of the tongue.

The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.

The act of carrying anything around, or the state of being so carried.

advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around. I circumvented whom I could not gain. Dryden.

address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion. A school in which he learns sly circumvention. Cowper.

Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.

One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning.

To cover round, as woth a garment; to invest. [Obs.] Circumvested with much prejudice. Sir H. Wotton.

Flying around. The circumvolant troubles of humanity. G. Macdonald.

The act of flying round. [R.]

A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution. He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. Beaconsfield.

To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion. Herrick.

A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.

A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.

An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles

A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.

To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city. Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. Parnell.

A small circle; a ring. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

See Encircle.

A small circle. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.