Part 1943

<hw>Cir`cum*loc"u*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic.</def>

<i>Shenstone.</i>

<blockquote>The officials set to work in regular <b>circumlocutory</b> order. <i>Chambers's Journal.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Circummeridian</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*me*rid"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + <ets>meridian</ets>.]</ety> <def>About, or near, the meridian.</def>

<h1>Circummure</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*mure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + <ets>mure</ets>, v. t.]</ety> <def>To encompass with a wall.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Circumnavigable</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*nav"i*ga*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being sailed round.</def>

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Circumnavigate</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*nav"i*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Circumnavigated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Circumnavigating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>circumnavigatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>circumnavigare</ets> to sail round; <ets>circum + navigare</ets> to navigate.]</ety> <def>To sail completely round.</def>

<blockquote>Having <b>circumnavigated</b> the whole earth. <i>T. Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Circumnavigation</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*nav`i*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Circumnavigator</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*nav"iga`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who sails round.</def>

<i>W. Guthrie.</i>

<h1>Circumnutate</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*nu"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + <ets>nutate</ets>.]</ety> <def>To pass through the stages of circumnutation.</def>

<h1>Circumnutation</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*nu*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.</def>

<h1>Circumpolar</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*po"lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + <ets>polar</ets>.]</ety> <def>About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; <as>as, <ex>circumpolar</ex> stars</as>.</def>

<h1>Circumposition</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*po*si"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumpositio</ets>, fr. <ets>circumponere</ets>, - <ets>positium</ets>, to place around.]</ety> <def>The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed.</def>