Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CIR-CUM-VEN'TION
CIR-CUM-VENT'INGCIR-CUM-VENT'IVE
CIR-CUM-VEN'TION, n.
- The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture delusion. – South.
- Prevention; preoccupation. [Obs.] – Shak.
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