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<p><b>1.</b> <def>To lead about; to lead astray.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To contravene; to nullify; <as>as, to <ex>circumduct</ex> acts of judicature</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Circumduction</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*duc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumductio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A leading about; circumlocution.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An annulling; cancellation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Phisiol.)</fld> <def>The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface.</def>

<h1>Circumesophagal</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*e*soph"a*gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum + esophagal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Surrounding the esophagus; -- in <i>Zool</i>. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.</def>

<h1>Circumesophageal</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*e`so*phag"e*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Circumesophagal.</def>

<h1>Circumfer</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir"cum*fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumferre</ets>; <ets>circum + ferre</ets> to bear. See lst <er>Bear</er>.]</ety> <def>To bear or carry round.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Circumference</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir*cum"fer*ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumferentia</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.</def>

<i>Millon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A circle; anything circular.</def>

<blockquote>His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad <b>circumference</b> Hung on his shoulders like the moon. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.</def>

<h1>Circumference</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir*cum"fer*ence</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To include in a circular space; to bound.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<h1>Circumferential</h1> <Xpage=258>