单词 | circumvolute |
释义 | circumvolute, v.|səˈkʌmvəʊl(j)uːt| [f. L. circumvolūt-, ppl. stem of circumvolvĕre to roll round, or ? ad. L. frequentative circumvolūtāre.] 1. trans. To roll or curl round. Also fig.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 115/2 Vineleaves..and those little circumvolutede sprigges which growe on the branches. 1790Burns Let. Cuningham 13 Feb., I can antithesize..sentiment, and circumvolute periods, as well as any coiner of phrase. 2. To enclose or enwrap by twisting or winding something round.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 61/1 Take past, and circumvolute the glasse therin. 1828J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 288 With the aid of circumvoluting twine. 1830ibid. XXVIII. 519 A wearied wasp, lying like a silkworm, circumvoluted in the inextricable toils. |

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