Part 1937

<i>T. Warton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Subserving the purposes of circulation; <as>as, <ex>circulatory</ex> organs</as>; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; <as>as, <ex>circulatory</ex> diseases</as>.</def>

<h1>Circulatory</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir"cu*la*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.</def>

<h1>Circulet</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir"cu*let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A circlet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Circuline</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir"cu*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Proceeding in a circle; circular.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "With motion <i>circuline</i>".

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Circum-</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir"cum-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Akin to <ets>circle</ets>, <ets>circus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying <i>around</i> or <i>about</i>.</def>

<h1>Circumagitate</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*ag"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum + agitate</ets>.]</ety> <def>To agitate on all sides.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Circumambage</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*am"bage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + <ets>ambage</ets>, obs. sing. of <ets>ambages</ets>.]</ety> <def>A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>S. Richardson.</i>

<h1>Circumambiency</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*am"bi*en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of surrounding or encompassing.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Circumambient</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*am"bi*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + <ets>ambient</ets>.]</ety> <def>Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing.</def> "The <i>circumambient heaven</i>."

<i>J. Armstrong.</i>

<h1>Circumambulate</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*am"bu*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumambulatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>circumambulare</ets> to walk around; <ets>circum + ambulare</ets>. See <er>Ambulate</er>.]</ety> <def>To walk round about.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Circumbendibus</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*bend"i*bus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A roundabout or indirect way.</def> <mark>[Jocular]</mark>