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<i>Ray.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>circumscriptions</b> of terrestrial nature. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into <b>circumscription</b> and confine. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Circumscriptive</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*scrip"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.</def>

<h1>Circumscriptively</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir`cum*scrip"tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a limited manner.</def>

<h1>Circumscriptly</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir"cum*script`ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a literal, limited, or narrow manner.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Circumspect</h1> <Xpage=258>

<hw>Cir"cum*spect</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumspectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>circumspicere</ets> to look about one's self, to observe; <ets>circum + spicere</ets>, <ets>specere</ets>, to look. See <er>Spy</er>.]</ety> <def>Attentive to all the circustances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Cautious</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Cir`cum*spec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circumspectio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness.</def>

<blockquote>With silent <b>circumspection</b>, unespied. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Caution; prudence; watchfulness; deliberation; thoughtfulness; wariness; forecast.</syn>

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<h1>Circumspective</h1> <Xpage=259>

<hw>Cir`cum*spec"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger.</def> "<i>Circumspective</i> eyes."

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Circumspectively</h1> <Xpage=259>

<hw>Cir`cum*spec"tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Circumspectly.</def>

<h1>Circumspectly</h1> <Xpage=259>

<hw>Cir"cum*spect"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily.</def>

<h1>Circumspectness</h1> <Xpage=259>

<hw>Cir"cum*spect"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Vigilance un guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.</def>