Webster's Dictionary 1913

3970

Circuit

Cir″cuit (?), n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.] 1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle o...

3971

Circuit (2)

Cir″cuit, v. i. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. J. Philips.

3972

Circuit (3)

Cir″cuit, v. t. To travel around. “Having circuited the air.” T. Warton.

3973

Circuiteer

Cir′cuit‐eer″ (?), n. A circuiter. Pope.

3974

Circuiter

Cir″cuit‐er (?), n. One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge. R. Whitlock.

3975

Circuition

Cir′cu‐i″tion (?), n. [L. circuitio. See Circuit.] The act of going round; circumlocution.

3976

Circuitous

Cir‐cu″i‐tous (?), a. [LL. circuitosus.] Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. — Cir‐cu″i‐tous‐ly, ...

3977

Circuity

Cir‐cu″i‐ty (?), n. A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.

3978

Circulable

Cir″cu‐la‐ble (?), a. That may be circulated.

3979

Circular

Cir″cu‐lar (?), a. [L. circularis, fr. circulus circle: cf. F. circulaire. See Circle.]1. In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.2. repeating itself; ending in itself; r...

3980

Circular (2)

Cir″cu‐lar, n. [Cf. (for sense 1) F. circulaire, lettre circulaire. See Circular, a.]1. A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to v...

3981

Circularity

Cir′cu‐lar″i‐ty (?), n. [LL. circularitas.] The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.

3982

Circularly

Cir″cu‐lar‐ly (?), adv. In a circular manner.

3983

Circulary

Cir″cu‐la‐ry (?), a. Circular; illogical. “Cross and circulary speeches.” Hooker.

3984

Circulate

Cir″cu‐late (#), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Circulated; p. pr. & vb. n.Circulating.] [L. circulatus, p. p. of circulare, v. t., to surround, make round, circulari, v. i., to gather into...

3985

Circulate (2)

Cir″cu‐late (?), v. t. To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit.Circulating pump. See u...

3986

Circulation

Cir′cu‐la″tion (?), n. [L. circulatio: cf. F. circulation.] 1. The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.Thi...

3987

Circulative

Cir″cu‐la‐tive (?), a. Promoting circulation; circulating. Coleridge.

3988

Circulator

Cir″cu‐la′tor (?), n. [Cf. L. circulator a peddler.] One who, or that which, circulates.

3989

Circulatorious

Cir′cu‐la‐to″ri‐ous (?), a. Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant. “Circulatorious jugglers.” Barrow.

3990

Circulatory

Cir″cu‐la‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. circulatorius pert. to a mountebank: cf. F. circulatoire.]1. Circular; as, a circulatory letter. Johnson.2. Circulating, or going round. T. Warton.3....

3991

Circulatory (2)

Cir″cu‐la‐to‐ry, n. A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises ...

3992

Circulet

Cir″cu‐let (?), n. A circlet. Spenser.

3993

Circuline

Cir″cu‐line (?), a. Proceeding in a circle; circular. “With motion circuline”. Dr. H. More.

3994

Circum-

Cir″cum– (?). [Akin to circle, circus.] A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about.

3995

Circumagitate

Cir′cum‐ag″i‐tate (?), v. t. [Pref. circum + agitate.] To agitate on all sides. Jer. Taylor.

3996

Circumambage

Cir′cum‐am″bage (?), n. [Pref. circum- + ambage, obs. sing. of ambages.] A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. S. Richardson.