Circumambient

ser-kum-am-'bT-ent, a. Surrounding; inclosing on all sides. — Circumambulate, -lat, To walk round about. — Circumam'bula'tion, Act of, etc. — Circumbend'ibus, n. A circuitous route. [Vulgar.']— Circumcise, -siz, v. t. [-cised (-sizd), -cising.] To cut off the foreskin of, in case of males, or the internal labia, in females. (Script.) To render holy. — Circumcision, -sizh'un, n. Act of, etc. (Script.) Rejection of the sins of flesh; spiritual purification; the Jews, as disting. uncircumcised races. — Circumclusion, -kluChun, Act of inclosing on all sides. — Circumduct, -dukf, v.t. To lead about or astray. (Law.) To contravene; nullify. — Circumduction, n. A leading about, annulling. — Circumference, -fer-ens, n. The that encompa es a circular figure; periphery; space included in a circle; anything circular: external face of a sphere or orbicular "body.— Circumflex, A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and on the same syllable; a character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and fall of the voice on the long syllable, marked thus [>or -•], and in Latin and some other languages, a long and contracted syllable, marked [a ].—?'. t. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. — Circumfluent, -fluous, -floo-us, a. Flowing around; surrounding in the manner a fluid. — Clrcumfuse, -fuz', v. t. To pour round, spread round. — Circumjacent, -sent, a. Lying around; bordering on every side. — Cir/cumlocurtion, -ku's hun, n. A circuit of words; periphrase. — Circumnavigate, -naVT-gat, v. t. To sail around; of a pa round by water. — Circumnav'igable, -ga-bl, a. Capable of being, etc.— Cir/cumnav/iga/'tion, n. Act of, etc. — Cir'cumnav'iga'tor, -ter, n. One who, etc. in- — Circumpo'lar, a. About or near the pole. — Cir'cumposi'tion, -zish/un, n. Act of placing in a circle, or state of being so placed. — Circumscribe, -skrlb, v. t. [-scribed (-skribd), -scribing.] To inclose within a certain limit, hem in, limit, restrict, restrain. — Cir cum scrip'tion, -skripChun, n. Exterior line determining the form or magnitude of a body; limitation by conditions, restraints, etc.; bound; limit. — CirCumspect, -spekt, a. Attentive to all the circumstances of a case; cautious; watchful; vigilant. — Circumspection, -spekChun.m. Attention to, etc.; en deliberation; warine ; forecast. — Circumspect/ive, -iv, a. Looking round ever y way; carol ul of consequences.— CirCumspect'ly, adv.— CirCumspect'ne , n. — Circumstance, -stans, n. The condition —^ of things surrounding an event; something attend- \ J ) ing on a fact, though not e ential thereto; a particular incident or adjunct, pi. Condition in regard S to worldly estate; state of property.— v. t. [-stanced (-stanst), -stancing.] To place relatively, or in a; cir particular situation. — Circumstantial, -stanChal, of a. Consisting in, or pert, to, circumstances, or par-; ticular incidents; abounding with, or exhibiting all of, the circumstances; minute; particular. — n. Something incidental to the main subject, but of rele importance. — C. evidence. (Law'.) Any evi- To dence not direct and positive.— Cir'cumstan'tiaKity, -sht-aKT-tT, n. State of anything as modified by circumstances; particularity in exhibiting circumstances; minutene . — Cir'cumstan'tially, of -shal-lT, adv. According to circumstances; in every per particular. — Cir/cumstan/,tiate, -shY-at, v. t. To place in particular circumstances; to enter into de- Cir'- tails concerning. — Circumvallate, -val'lat, v. t. To in a surround with a rampart. — Cir'cumvalla'tion, n. (Mil.) Act of surrounding with a wall; a line of field to works surrounding the camp of a besieging army. — Circumvent'', v. t. To gain advantage over, by arts, cur stratagem, or deception; to deceive, delude. —Circumvention, -venChun, n. Deception; fraud; imposture. — Circumvent'ive, -iv, a. Deceiving by artifices. — Circumvest', v. t. To cover round as with a garment. — Circumvolve, -volv', t\ t. [-volved ex- (-volvdO, -volving.] To roll round, cause to revolve. — v.i. To revolve. a of a Circus, ser'kus, n.; pi. Cir'cdses, -ez. (Roman Antiq.) An open or inclosed space, or the edifice in in closing it, for games and shows. A circular inclosv. t. ure, for feats of horsemanship; the company of performers in a circus, with equipage.