Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 61
Circensial (a.) Alt. of Circensian.
Circensian (a.) Of or pertaining to,
or held in, the Circus, In
The pleasure of the Circensian shows. -- Holyday.
Circinal (a.) (Bot.) Circinate.
Circinate (a.) (Bot.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. -- Gray.
Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Circinate (a.) Shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped].
Circination (n.) An orbicular motion. [Obs.] -- bailey.
Circination (n.) A circle; a concentric layer. [Obs.] "The circinations and spherical rounds of onions." -- Sir T. Browne.
Circle (n.) [C] 圓；圓圈；圓形的東西，環狀物；圈；（具有共同興趣，利益的人們所形成的）圈子；（活動等的）範圍；……界 [G] A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.
Circle (n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
Circle (n.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
Circle (n.) A round body; a sphere; an orb.
Circle (n.) Compass; circuit; inclosure.
Circle (n.) A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
Circle (n.) A circular group of persons; a ring.
Circle (n.) A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
Circle (n.) (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
Circle (n.) Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
Circle (n.) A territorial division or district.
Circled (imp. & p. p.) of Circle.
Circling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circle.
Circle (v. t.) 畫圓圈；圈出；圍著；環繞……移動（或運轉） To move around; to revolve around.
Circle (v. t.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
Circle (v. i.) 旋轉 To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
Circle (n.) Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle."
Circle (n.) An unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: {set}, {circle}, {band}, {lot}].
Circle (n.) Something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle."
Circle (n.) Movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" [syn: {lap}, {circle}, {circuit}].
Circle (n.) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" [syn: {traffic circle}, {circle}, {rotary}, {roundabout}].
Circle (n.) Street names for flunitrazepan [syn: {R-2}, {Mexican valium}, {rophy}, {rope}, {roofy}, {roach}, {forget me drug}, {circle}].
Circle (n.) A curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle" [syn: {circle}, {dress circle}].
Circle (n.) Any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles" [syn: {circle}, {round}].
Circle (v.) Travel around something; "circle the globe."
Circle (v.) Move in circles [syn: {circle}, {circulate}].
Circle (v.) Form a circle around; "encircle the errors" [syn: {encircle}, {circle}].
Circled (a.) Having the form of a circle; round.
Circler (n.) A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a.
Circlet (n.) A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband.
Circlet (n.) A round body; an orb.
Circlet (n.) A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
Circocele (n.) See Cirsocele.
Circuit (n.) [C] 環道；一圈，一周；環行； 巡迴審判（傳道，講學等）；巡迴區；巡迴路線；【電】電路；回路；線路圖 The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
Circuit (n.) The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
Circuit (n.) That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
Circuit (n.) The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
Circuit (n.) A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
Circuit (n.) (Law) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
Circuit (n.) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
Circuit (n.) Circumlocution. [Obs.] "Thou hast used no circuit of words." -- Huloet.
Circuit (v. i.) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [Obs.] -- J. Philips.
Circuit (v. t.) 繞……環行 To travel around. [Obs.] "Having circuited the air." -- T. Warton.
Circuit (n.) An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow [syn: {circuit}, {electrical circuit}, {electric circuit}].
Circuit (n.) A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" [syn: {tour}, {circuit}].
Circuit (n.) An established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit."
Circuit (n.) The boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe" [syn: {circumference}, {circuit}].
Circuit (n.) (law) A judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals.
Circuit (n.) A racetrack for automobile races [syn: {racing circuit}, {circuit}].
Circuit (n.) Movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" [syn: {lap}, {circle}, {circuit}].
Circuit (v.) Make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state."
Circuiteer (n.) A circuiter. -- Pope.
Circuiter (n.) One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge. [R.] -- R. Whitlock.
Circuition (n.) The act of going round; circumlocution. [R.]
Circuitous (a.) 迂曲的；繞行的 Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. -- {Cir*cu"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Cir*cu"i*tous*ness}, n.
Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.
Circuitous (a.) Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend" [syn: {circuitous}, {roundabout}].
Circuitous (a.) Deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic" [syn: {devious}, {circuitous}, {roundabout}].
Circuitousness (n.) 迂迴；環繞 (uncountable) The state of being circuitous.
Circuity (n.) 迂曲；迂迴 A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.
Circulable (a.) 可循環的That may be circulated.
Circular (a.) 圓的，圓形的；環形的；環行的 [Z]；循環的 [Z] In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
Circular (a.) Repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning.
Circular (a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See {Cyclic poets}, under {Cyclic}.
Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido? -- Dennis.
Circular (a.) Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter.
A proclamation of Henry III., . . . doubtless circular throughout England. -- Hallam.
Circular (a.) Perfect; complete. [Obs.]
Circular (n.) 通知，公告；傳單 [C ] A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.
Circular (n.) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
Circular (a.) Having a circular shape [syn: {round}, {circular}] [ant: {square}].
Circular (a.) Describing a circle; moving in a circle; "the circular motion of the wheel" [syn: {circular}, {rotary}, {orbitual}].
Circular (n.) An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: {circular}, {handbill}, {bill}, {broadside}, {broadsheet}, {flier}, {flyer}, {throwaway}].
Circularity (n.) 圓；環狀 The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.
Circularly (adv.) 圓地，圓形地，循環地 In a circular manner.
Circulary (a.) Circular; illogical. [Obs.] "Cross and circulary speeches." -- Hooker.
Ciorculated (imp. & p. p.) of Circulate.
Circulating (P. pr. & vb. n.) of Circulate.
Circulate (v. i.) 循環，環行；傳播，流傳；傳閱 To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. -- Boyle.
Circulate (v. i.) To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.
Circulate (v. t.) 使循環；使傳播；傳遞；傳閱 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.
Circulate (v.) Become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" [syn: {go around}, {spread}, {circulate}].
Circulate (v.) Cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: {circulate}, {circularize}, {circularise}, {distribute}, {disseminate}, {propagate}, {broadcast}, {spread}, {diffuse}, {disperse}, {pass around}].
Circulate (v.) Cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" [syn: {circulate}, {pass around}, {pass on}, {distribute}].
Circulate (v.) Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate."
Circulate (v.) Move in circles [syn: {circle}, {circulate}].
Circulate (v.) Cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room."
Circulate (v.) Move around freely; "She circulates among royalty."
Circulate (v.) Cause to move around; "circulate a rumor" [syn: {mobilize}, {mobilise}, {circulate}].
Circulation (n.) 循環，環流；運行 [U] [S1]；（貨幣、消息等的）流通，傳播 [U] The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
This continual circulation of human things. -- Swift.
Circulation (n.) The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
The true doctrines of astronomy appear to have had some popular circulation. -- Whewell.
Circulation (n.) Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
Circulation (n.) The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.
Circulation (n.) (Physiol.) The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
Circulation (n.) The dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines).
Circulation (n.) Movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels.
Circulation (n.) (library science) The count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period.
Circulation (n.) Number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold; "by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising."
Circulation (n.) Free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant); "ocean circulation is an important part of global climate"; "a fan aids air circulation."
Circulation (n.) The spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area.
Circulative (a.) 循環性的 Promoting circulation; circulating. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Circulative (a.) Of or relating to circulation [syn: {circulative}, {circulatory}].
Circulator (n.) [C] 傳播者；循環器，循環小數 One who, or that which, circulates.
Circulatorious (a.) 巡迴的；遊歷的；流動的 Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant. [Obs.] "Circulatorious jugglers." -- Barrow.
Circulatory (a.) 循環上的 Circular; as, a circulatory letter. -- Johson.
Circulatory (a.) Circulating, or going round. -- T. Warton.
Circulatory (a.) (Anat.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as, circulatory diseases.
Circulatory (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 from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.
Circulatory (a.) Of or relating to circulation [syn: {circulative}, {circulatory}].
Circulatory (a.) Relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood.
Circulatory system (n.) 循環系統 (Anatomy, Zoology) The system of organs and tissues, including the heart, blood, blood vessels, lymph, lymphatic vessels, and lymph glands, involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body.
Circulet (n.) 小圈；飾環；戒指 A circlet. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Circuline (a.) Proceeding in a circle; circular. [Obs.] "With motion circuline". -- Dr. H. More.
Circum- (pref.) 表示環繞，在……周圍（如：circumscribe, circumcise） A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about.
Circumagitate (v. t.) To agitate on all sides. -- Jer. Taylor.
Circumambage (n.) A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. [Obs.] -- S. Richardson.
Circumambiency (n.) The act of surrounding or encompassing. -- Sir T. Browne.
Circumambient (a.) Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." -- J. Armstrong.
Circumambulate (v. t.) To walk round about. -- Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion, n.
Circumambulate (v.) Walk around something [syn: circumambulate, walk around].
Circumbendibus (n.) A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] -- Goldsmith.
Circumcenter (n.) (Geom.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.
Circumcised (imp. & p. p.) of Circumcise.
Circumcising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumcise.
Circumcise (v. t.) To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.
Circumcise (v. t.) (Script.) To purify spiritually.
Circumcise (v.) Cut the skin over the clitoris
Circumcise (v.) Cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised."
Circumciser (n.) One who performs circumcision. -- Milton.
Circumcision (n.) The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females.
Note: The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious rite by the Jews, Mohammedans, etc.
Circumcision (n.) (Script.) The Jews, as a circumcised people.
Circumcision (n.) (Script.) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith.
Circumcision (n.) (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) Feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st [syn: Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1].
Circumcision (n.) The act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite.
Circumcision (n.) The act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males.
Circumcision, () Cutting around. This rite, practised before, as some think, by divers races, was appointed by God to be the special badge of his chosen people, an abiding sign of their consecration to him. It was established as a national ordinance (Gen. 17:10, 11). In compliance with the divine command, Abraham, though ninety-nine years of age, was circumcised on the same day with Ishmael, who was thirteen years old (17:24-27). Slaves, whether home-born or purchased, were circumcised (17:12, 13); and all foreigners must have their males circumcised before they could enjoy the privileges of Jewish citizenship (Ex. 12:48). During the journey through the wilderness, the practice of circumcision fell into disuse, but was resumed by the command of Joshua before they entered the Promised Land (Josh. 5:2-9). It was observed always afterwards among the tribes of israel, although it is not expressly mentioned from the time of the settlement in Canaan till the time of Christ, about 1,450 years. The Jews prided themselves in the possession of this covenant distinction (Judg. 14:3; 15:18; 1 Sam. 14:6; 17:26; 2 Sam. 1:20; Ezek. 31:18).
As a rite of the church it ceased when the New Testament times began (Gal. 6:15; Col. 3:11). Some Jewish Christians sought to impose it, however, on the Gentile converts; but this the apostles resolutely resisted (Acts 15:1; Gal. 6:12). Our Lord was circumcised, for it "became him to fulfil all righteousness," as of the seed of Abraham, according to the flesh; and Paul "took and circumcised" Timothy (Acts 16:3), to avoid giving offence to the Jews. It would render Timothy's labours more acceptable to the Jews. But Paul would by no means consent to the demand that Titus should be circumcised (Gal. 2:3-5). The great point for which he contended was the free admission of uncircumcised Gentiles into the church. He contended successfully in behalf of Titus, even in Jerusalem.
In the Old Testament a spiritual idea is attached to circumcision. It was the symbol of purity (Isa. 52:1). We read of uncircumcised lips (Ex. 6:12, 30), ears (Jer. 6:10), hearts (Lev. 26:41). The fruit of a tree that is unclean is spoken of as uncircumcised (Lev. 19:23).
It was a sign and seal of the covenant of grace as well as of the national covenant between God and the Hebrews. (1.) It sealed the promises made to Abraham, which related to the commonwealth of Israel, national promises. (2.) But the promises made to Abraham included the promise of redemption (Gal. 3:14), a promise which has come upon us. The covenant with Abraham was a dispensation or a specific form of the covenant of grace, and circumcision was a sign and seal of that covenant. It had a spiritual meaning. It signified purification of the heart, inward circumcision effected by the Spirit (Deut. 10:16; 30:6; Ezek. 44:7; Acts 7:51; Rom. 2:28; Col. 2:11). Circumcision as a symbol shadowing forth sanctification by the Holy Spirit has now given way to the symbol of baptism (q.v.). But the truth embodied in both ordinances is ever the same, the removal of sin, the sanctifying effects of grace in the heart.
Under the Jewish dispensation, church and state were identical. No one could be a member of the one without also being a member of the other. Circumcision was a sign and seal of membership in both. Every circumcised person bore thereby evidence that he was one of the chosen people, a member of the church of God as it then existed, and consequently also a member of the Jewish commonwealth.
Circumclusion (n.) Act of inclosing on all sides. [R.]
Circumcursation (n.) The act of running about; also, rambling language. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Circumdenudation (n.) (Geol.) Denudation around or in the neighborhood of an object.
Hills of circumdenudation, hills which have been produced by surface erosion; the elevations which have been left, after denudation of a mass of high ground. -- Jukes.
Circumduce (v. t.) (Scots Law) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence. -- Sir W. Scott.
Circumduct (v. t.) To lead about; to lead astray. [R.]
Circumduct (v. t.) (Law) To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature. [Obs.] -- Ayliffe.
Circumduction (n.) A leading about; circumlocution. [R.] -- Hooker.
Circumduction (n.) An annulling; cancellation. [R.] -- Ayliffe.
Circumduction (n.) (Physiol.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface.
Circumduction (n.) A circular movement of a limb or eye.
Circumduction, () Scotch law. A term applied to the time allowed for bringing proof of allegiance, which being elapsed, if either party sue for circumduction of the time of proving, it has the effect that no proof can afterwards be brought; and the cause must be determined as it stood when circumduction was obtained. Tech. Dict.
Circumesophagal (a.) (Anat.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in (Zool.) said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.