Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: circumscribe – city
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circumscribe (-s), v. [L. circumscribere, to draw a line around, encompass, limit, confine.]
Bound; confine; limit; form a boundary.
circumscription, n. [L. circumscrīptiōn-em < circumscrībere, draw a line around, encompass, confine.] (webplay: limits).
Boundary; delimitation; restraint; restriction; well-defined border; [fig.] composition; poetry; record-keeping; act of writing about things.
circumspect, n. [L. circumspectus, looking around; Fr. circonspect, or L. circumspect-us, considerate, wary, cautious.] (webplay: natural).
- Vigilance; watchfulness; alert attention to well-being; [fig.] scope; scene; compass; vista; prospect; panorama.
- Sensible ones; prudent persons; people who pay attention to everything.
circumstance (-s), n. [OFr < L. circumstantia, standing around, surrounding condition.] (webplay: action, escape, estate, natural, place, property).
- Fact; case; proof; testimony; witness; legal argument; piece of evidence; [fig.] consequence; result.
- Reality; actual situation; present condition; time, place, manner, cause, occasion, etc.; [fig.] mortality.
- Life; way of being; state of affairs.
circumvent, v. [L. circumvenire, surround, beset, deceive.]
Capture; surround; encompass by hostile stratagem; use wiles to prevail over.
circumvention, n. [see circumvent, v.]
Outwitting; prevailing over by wiles.
citadel (-s), n. [Fr. < L. civitat-em, little city: i.e., the smaller or inner fortified city.]
- Castle; palace.
- Temple; cathedral.
- Fortress; stronghold; bastion; tower which commands a city; [fig.] domain; sphere; world.
cite (-s), v. [Fr. < L. citare, move, excite, summon.] (webplay: appear, name).
- Witness; attest; testify of; give as an example.
- Mention; bring up; refer to; speak about.
- Quote; say; tell; state; declare.
citizen, n. [ME < L. civitat-em, city.] (webplay: distinguished, hold, inhabitant, qualities, trade, town).
- Denizen; inhabitant; occupant; member of a city, state, or any other place; [fig.] mortal; deceased loved one; occupant of a grave.
- Landowner; distinguished person; lady or gentleman
- Creature; wight; thing; being; entity.
city (cities), n. [ME cite < L. civitat-em, city.]
Village; community; large town; place where many people live; large number of houses and inhabitants.