circumstantiate (serk ums tans hi at)

t.; pret. and pp. circumstantiated, circumstan tiating. [NL. as if * cir cums tanti at us, pp. of * cir cums tanti are, [Rare.] IMG:content-0465.png:[blocks in formation] Swift . 3. To confirm by circumstances; establish circumstantially. [The prevalent use of the word.] Neither will time permit to circumstantiate these particulars. Hargrave. 4. To describe circumstantially; give full or minute details regarding. [Rare.] De Foe is the only author known who has so plausibly circumstantiated his false historical records as to make them pa for genuine, even with literary men and critics. De Quincey, Homer, iii. circumstantiateł (sér-kum-stan's hi-at), a. [ God. also does distinguish us by the proportions and circumstantiate applications of his grace to every singular capacity. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 49. IMG:content-0466.png:[blocks in formation] By inventing such little cir cums tanti a tions of any character or incident as seem, by their apparent inertne of effect, to verify themselves. De Quincey, Homer, iii. circumstantlyt (ser'kum-stant-li), adv . [ circumstance ) + -ly2.] Circumstantially; exactly. A gentleman cuttes asunder certain partes of the wild beaste in a certain order very circumstantly. Chaloner , Praise of Follie. cir cum terrane ous (ser"kum-te-ra'nē-us), a. [ terra , earth: see ter raneous.] Around the earth; being or dwelling around the earth. Hallywell . [Rare.] cir cum torsion (ser-kum-tôr shon), n. [ cir cum-+ torsion .] A torsional stre ; an elastic force tending to make a bar, fiber, etc., untwist itself.