Part 1942

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Circumgyration</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*gy*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round.</def>

<blockquote>A certain turbulent and irregular <b>circumgyration</b>. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Circumgyratory</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*gy"ra*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Moving in a circle; turning round.</def>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<h1>Circumgyre</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*gyre"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To circumgyrate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Circumincession</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*in*ces"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + L. <ets>incedere</ets>, <ets>incessum</ets>, to walk.]</ety> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.</def>

<h1>Circumjacence</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*ja"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Condition of being circumjacent, or of bordering ou every side.</def>

<h1>Circumjacent</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*ja"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumjacens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>circumjacere</ets>; <ets>circum + jac<?/re</ets> to lie.]</ety> <def>Lying round; borderong on every side.</def>

<i>T. Fuller.</i>

<h1>Circumjovial</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*jo"vi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + L. <ets>Jupiter</ets>, gen. <ets>Jovis</ets>, Jove.]</ety> <def>One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Derham.</i>

<h1>Circumlittoral</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*lit"to*ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + <?/ <ets>littus</ets>, <ets>littoris</ets>, shore; preferable form, <ets>litus</ets>, <ets>litoria</ets>.]</ety> <def>Adjointing the shore.</def>

<h1>Circumlocution</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*lo*cu"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumlocutio</ets>, fr. <ets>circumloqui</ets>, <ets>-locutus</ets>, to make use of circumlocution; <ets>circum + loqui</ets> to speak. See <er>Loquacious</er>.]</ety> <def>The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrese.</def>

<blockquote>the plain Billingagate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by <b>circumlocution</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Circumlocution office</col>, <cd>a term of riducle for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.</cd></cs>

<h1>Circumlocutional</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*lo*cu"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous.</def>

<h1>Circumlocutory</h1> <Xpage=258>