circumspect (serkumspekt)

t. [L. circumspect are, look around attentively, freq. of circumspicere: see circumspect, a.] To look on all sides of; examine carefully; scrutinize. [Rare.] To circumspect and note daily all defects. New court , Repertorium, p. 233. circumspection (ser-kum-spek's hon), n. [= F. cir con spec tion = Sp. circunspeccion = Pg. cir cumspecção = It. circonspezione, spectio (n-), circumspicere , look around: see circumspect, a.] Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case, and to natural or probable consequences, with a view to ascertain the correct or safe course of conduct or to avoid undesirable results; watchfulne ; warine ; caution: as, “sly circumspection ," Milton, P. L., iv. 537. He shook his head, and observed that an affair of this sort demanded the utmost circumspection . Goldsmith, Vicar, xii. IMG:content-0461.png:[blocks in formation] figure or body; periphery: as, the cir cum scrip tion of a leaf.