单词 | circumlate |
释义 | † circumˈlate, v. Obs. [f. L. circumlāt- ppl. stem of circumferre to bear or bring round.] trans. To carry or bring round; spec. to turn or ‘fetch’ round (a limb). Also intr. Hence † circumˈlation [late L. circumlātio], bringing or moving round; † circumˈlatory a., of or pertaining to circumlation; roundabout, circumlocutory.
1578Banister Hist. Man iv. 58 The one legge fastened one the earth, and the other..circumlated. ― To circumlate or fetch about is the action of the whole legge. 1656Hobbes Decam. v. Wks. VII. 113 This compounded motion of the sun, is one part of its circumlation. 1639J. Saltmarsh Policy 98 How you may use circumlatory speeches. |

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