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Cir`cum*scrip"tive*ly, adv. In a limited manner.

Cir"cum*script`ly (?), adv. In a literal, limited, or narrow manner. [R.] Milton.

Cir"cum*spect (?), a. [L. circumspectus, p. p. of circumspicere to look about one's self, to observe; circum + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy.] Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.

Syn. -- See Cautious.

Cir`cum*spec"tion (?), n. [L. circumspectio.] Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness.

With silent circumspection, unespied. Milton.

Syn. -- Caution; prudence; watchfulness; deliberation; thoughtfulness; wariness; forecast.

Cir`cum*spec"tive (s&etilde;r`kŭm*sp&ebreve;k"t&ibreve;v), a. Looking around every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.

Cir`cum*spec"tive*ly, adv. Circumspectly.

Cir"cum*spect"ly (-sp&ebreve;kt"l>ycr/), adv. In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily.

Cir"cum*spect"ness, n. Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.

Cir"cum*stance (?), n. [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, -antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See Stand.] 1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened. W. Irving.

2. An event; a fact; a particular incident.

The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in history. Addison.

3. Circumlocution; detail. [Obs.]

So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit that we shake hands and part. Shak.

4. pl. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. Addison.

Not a circumstance, of no account. [Colloq.] -- Under the circumstances, taking all things into consideration.

Syn. -- Event; occurrence; incident; situation; condition; position; fact; detail; item. See Event.

Cir"cum*stance, v. t. To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.

The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them, after his own manner. Addison.

Cir"cum*stanced (?), p. a. 1. Placed in a particular position or condition; situated.

The proposition is, that two bodies so circumstanced will balance each other. Whewell.

2. Governed by events or circumstances. [Poetic & R.] "I must be circumstanced." Shak.

Cir"cum*stant (?), a. [L. circumstans. See Circumstance.] Standing or placed around; surrounding. [R.] "Circumstant bodies." Sir K. Digby.

Cir`cum*stan"tia*ble (?), a. Capable of being circumstantiated. [Obs.] Jer Taylor.