circumstance (serkumstans)

t.; pret. and pp. circumstanced, ppr. circumstancing. [ Another miscarriage of the like nature, more odiously circumstanced, was also discovered. N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 122. In one so circumstanced it cannot be supposed that such a trifle would be much resented. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 91. 2. To control or guide by circumstances: only in the following pa age. Cas . Tis but a little way that I can bring you, For I attend here; but I'll see you soon. Bian. 'Tis very good: I must be circumstanc'd . Shak ., Othello, iii. 4. 3. To furnish or dre out with incidents and details; add circumstances to. [Rare.] The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him, and circumstanced them after his own manner. Add is on , Spectator, No. 351. circumstantt (ser'kum-stant), a. and n. [= Sp. circunstante = Pg. circumstante = It. cir const ante, cir cost ante , circumstan ( t- ) s , ppr. of cir cum stare, surround, stand around, circumstance .] I. a . Surrounding. All circumstant bodies. Sir K. Digby , Nature of Man's Soul. A fair candlestick, bearing a goodly and bright taper, which sends forth light to all the house, but round about itself there is a shadow and circumstant darkne . Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 237. II. n. A bystander; a spectator. When these circumstants shall but live to see The time that I prevaricate from thee. Herrick, Hesperides, p. 82. cir cums tanti able