Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CIRCUM-LOC'U-TO-RY, a.

Pertaining to a circumlocution; consisting or contained in a compass of words; perphrastic. – Shenstone.

CIR-CUM-MUR'ED, a. [L. circum, and murus, a wall.]

Walled round; encompassed with a wall. Shak.

CIR-CUM-NAV'I-GA-BLE, a. [See Circumnavigate.]

That may be sailed round. – Ray.

CIR-CUM-NAV'I-GATE, v.t. [L. circumnavigo; circum and navigo, to sail, from navis, a ship.]

To sail round; to pass round by water; as, to circumnavigate the globe.

CIR-CUM-NAV'I-GA-TED, pp.

Sailed round.

CIR-CUM-NAV'I-GA-TING, ppr.

Sailing round.

CIR-CUM-NAV-I-GA'TION, n.

The act of sailing round. – Arbuthnot.

CIR-CUM-NAV'I-GA-TOR, n.

One who sails round.

CIR-CUM-PLI-CA'TION, n. [L. circumplico; circum and plico, to fold.]

A folding, winding, or wrapping round; or a state of being inwrapped. [Little used.] – Bailey.

CIR-CUM-PO'LAR, a. [L. circum, and Eng. polar.]

About the pole; an appellation given to stars, which are near the north pole, as to revolve round it without setting. The number of these depends on the latitude of the spectator. We apply it to the north polar region and stars, but the word is applicable to either pole.

CIR-CUM-PO-SI'TION, n. [s. as z. L. circum and positio.]

The act of placing in a circle; or the state of being so placed. – Evelyn.

CIR-CUM-RA'SION, n. [s as z. L. circumrasio; circum and rado, to shave.]

The act of shaving or paring round. [Little used.]

CIR-CUM-RO'TA-RY, a.

Turning, rolling, or whirling round. – Shenstone.

CIR-CUM-RO-TA'TION, n. [L. circum and rotatio, rotation, from roto, to turn round.]

The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round. Gregory.

CIR-CUM-SCIS'SILE, a. [L. circumscindo, to cut round.]

This epithet describes a mode of dehiscence in botany, occurring by a transverse circular separation of the sides of the ovary.

CIR-CUM-SCRIBE', v.t. [L. circumscribo; circum and scribo, to draw. Literally, to draw a line round. Hence,]

1. To inclose within a certain limit; to limit, bound, confine. You are above / The little forms which circumscribe your sex. – Southern.
2. To write round. [Little used.]

CIR-CUM-SCRIB'ED, pp.

Drawn round, as a line; limited; confined. In geometry, this word is applied to a figure which is drawn round another figure, so that all its sides or planes touch the inscribed figure. – Encyc.

CIR-CUM-SCRIB'ING, ppr.

Drawing a line round; inclosing; limiting; confining.

CIR-CUM-SCRIP'TI-BLE, a.

That may be circumscribed or limited by bounds.

CIR-CUM-SCRIP'TION, n.

1. The line that limits; limitation; bound; confinement. – Shak.
2. In natural philosophy, the termination or limits of a body; the exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body. – Ray.
3. A circular inscription. – Ashmole.

CIR-CUM-SCRIP'TIVE, a.

Defining the external form; marking or inclosing the limits or superficies of a body. – Grew.

CIR-CUM-SCRIP'TIVE-LY, adv.

In a limited manner. – Montagu.

CIR'CUM-SPECT, a. [L. circumspectus; circum and specio, to look.]

Literally, looking on all sides; looking round. Hence, Cautious; prudent; watchful on all sides; examining carefully all the circumstances that may affect a determination, or a measure to be adopted. – Boyle. Haywood.

CIR-CUM-SPEC'TION, n. [L. circumspectio.]

Caution; attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case, and to the natural or probable consequences of a measure, with a view to a correct course of conduct, or to avoid danger. – Clarendon. Milton.

CIR-CUM-SPEC'TIVE, a.

Looking round every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. – Pope.