Part 1944

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Circumrotary, Circumrotatory</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw><hw>Cir`cum*ro"tary</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cir`cum*ro"ta*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + <ets>rotary</ets>, <ets>rotatory</ets>.]</ety> <def>turning, rolling, or whirling round.</def>

<h1>Circumrotate</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*ro"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumrotare</ets>; <ets>circum + rotare</ets> to turn round.]</ety> <def>To rotate about.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Circumrotation</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*ro*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round.</def>

<i>J. Gregory.</i>

<h1>Circumscissile</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*scis"sile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>circum-</ets> + <ets>scissle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Pyxidium</er>.</def>

<h1>Circumscribable</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*scrib"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being circumscribed.</def>

<h1>Circumscribe</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*scribe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Circumscribed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Circumscribing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>circumscribere</ets>, <ets>-scriptum</ets>; <ets>circum + scribere</ets> to write, draw. See <er>Soribe</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>to write or engare around.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thereon is <b>circumscribed</b> this epitaph. <i>Ashmole.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>circumscribe</b> royal power. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>To draw a line around si as to touch at certain points without cutting. See <er>Inscribe</er>, 5.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass.</syn>

<h1>Circumscriber</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*scrib"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, circumscribes.</def>

<h1>Circumscriptible</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*scrip"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.</def>

<h1>Circumscription</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*scrip"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumscriptio</ets>. See <er>Circumscribe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An inscription written around anything.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ashmole.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.</def>