Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 62

Circumesophageal (a.) (Anat.) Circumesophagal.

Circumesophageal (a.) (Anatomy) Surrounding the esophagus.

// The circumesophageal nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.

Circumfer (v. t.) To bear or carry round. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Circumference (n.) 圓周；周長 [C] [U]；物體（或圖形）的周邊 [the S] [（+of）] The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery. -- Millon.

Circumference (n.) A circle; anything circular.

His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. -- Milton.

Circumference (n.) The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.

Circumference (v. t.) To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.

Circumference (n.) The size of something as given by the distance around it [syn: circumference, perimeter].

Circumference (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].

Circumference (n.) The length of the closed curve of a circle.

Circumferential (a.) 周圍的 Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous. -- Parkhurst.

Circumferential (a.) Lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts; "circumferential highways around cities".

Circumferentially (adv.) So as to surround or encircle.

Circumferentor (n.) 測周器；圓周羅盤 A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360? and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.

Circumferentor (n.) A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle.

Circumflant (a.) Blowing around. [Obs.] -- Evelyn.

Circumflected (imp. & p. p.) of Circumflect

Circumflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumflect

Circumflect (v. t.) To bend around.

Circumflect (v. t.) To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.]

Circumflection (n.) See {Circumflexion}.

Circumflex (n.) 抑揚符號 A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.

Circumflex (n.) A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or ?]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [? or ^]. See {Accent}, n., 2.

Circumflexed (imp. & p. p.) of Circumflex

Circumflexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumflex

Circumflex (v. t.) 【罕】彎曲；標有抑揚音符 To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. -- Walker.

Circumflex (a.) 有抑揚音符的；彎曲的 Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] -- Swift.

Circumflex (a.) (Anat.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.

Circumflex (n.) A diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality.

Circumflexion (n.) 曲率 The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.

Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

Circumfluence (n.) 環流 A flowing round on all sides; an inclosing with a fluid. Circumfluent

Circumfluent (a.) 圍繞的；環流的 Alt. of Circumfluous

Circumfluous (a.) Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid. "The deep, circumfluent waves." -- Pope.

Circumforanean (a.) Alt. of Circumforaneous

Circumforaneous (a.) 到處遊蕩的；冒牌的 Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. -- Addison.

Circumforaneous (a.) Going about from market to market : wandering from place to place.

// A circumforaneous jester.

Circumfulgent (a.) Shining around or about.

Circumfuse (v. t.) 散布；洋溢 To pour round; to spread round.

His army circumfused on either wing. -- Milton.

Circumfuse (v.) Spread something around something.

Circumfusile (a.) Capable of being poured or spread round. "Circumfusile gold." -- Pope.

Circumfusile (a.) (In British) Able to be diffused or poured around.

Circumfusion (n.) 四散；圍繞 The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round. -- Swift.

Circumgestation (n.) (Uncountable) The act or process of carrying about. [Obs.]

Circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored. -- Jer. Taylor.

Circumgyrate (v. t. & i.) (v. i.) 迴轉；周遊 (v. t.) 使迴轉 To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion. -- Ray.

Circumgyration (n.) The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round.

A certain turbulent and irregular circumgyration. -- Holland.

Circumgyratory (a.) Moving in a circle; turning round. -- Hawthorne.

Circumgyre (v. i.) To circumgyrate. [Obs.]

Circumincession (n.) (Theol.) The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.

Circumjacence (n.) Condition of being circumjacent, or of bordering on every side.

Circumjacent (a.) Lying round; bordering on every side. -- T. Fuller.

Circumjovial (n.) One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter. [Obs.] -- Derham.

Circumlittoral (a.) Adjointing the shore.

Circumlocution (n.) 婉轉；遁辭 The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.

The plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. -- Swift.

Circumlocution office, A term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.

Circumlocution (n.) A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things [syn: circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage].

Circumlocution (n.) An indirect way of expressing something [syn: circumlocution, indirect expression].

Circumlocutional (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous.

Circumlocutory (a.) Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. -- Shenstone.

The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. -- Chambers's Journal.

Circumlocutory (a.) Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings." -- T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic) [syn: circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious].

Circummeridian (a.) About, or near, the meridian.

Circummure (v. t.) To encompass with a wall. -- Shak.

Circumnavigable (a.) Capable of being sailed round. -- Ray.

Circumnavigated (imp. & p. p.) of Circumnavigate

Circumnavigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumnavigate

Circumnavigate (v. t.) To sail completely round.

Having circumnavigated the whole earth. -- T. Fuller.

Circumnavigate (v.) Travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth" [syn: circumnavigate, compass].

Circumnavigation (n.) The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round. -- Arbuthnot.

Circumnavigation (n.) Traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe".

Circumnavigator (n.) One who sails round. -- W. Guthrie.

Circumnutate (v. i.) To pass through the stages of circumnutation.

Circumnutation (n.) (Bot.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.

Circumpolar (a.) About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.

Circumpolar (a.) (Of a celestial body) Continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel; "a circumpolar star".

Circumpolar (a.) Located or found throughout a polar region.

Circumposition (n.) The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed. -- Evelyn. Circumrotary

Circumrotary (a.) Alt. of Circumrotatory

Circumrotatory (a.) 旋轉的 Turning, rolling, or whirling round.

Circumrotate (v. t. & i.) To rotate about. [R.]

Circumrotation (n.) 旋轉；循環 The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round. -- J. Gregory.

Circumscissile (a.) (Bot.) 【植】橫斷環裂的 Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.

Circumscribable (a.) Capable of being circumscribed.

Circumscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Circumscribe.

Circumscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumscribe.

Circumscribe (v. t.) 在周圍畫線；限制；為……下定義；為……劃界線 To write or engrave around. [R.]

Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. -- Ashmole. 

Circumscribe (v. t.) To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.

To circumscribe royal power. -- Bancroft.

Circumscribe (v. t.) (Geom.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.

Syn: To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass.

Circumscribed (a.) Subject to limits or subjected to limits [syn: circumscribed, limited].

Circumscriber (n.) One who, or that which, circumscribes.

Circumscriptible (a.) Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.

Circumscription (n.) 劃界；限制；界限內之區域；（硬幣，獎章等周圍之）回讀銘文 An inscription written around anything. [R.] -- Ashmole.

Circumscription (n.) The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery. -- Ray.

Circumscription (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.

The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. -- Johnson.

I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. -- Shak.

Circumscription (n.) The act of circumscribing.

Circumscriptive (a.) Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.

Circumscriptively (adv.) In a limited manner.

Circumscriptly (adv.) In a literal, limited, or narrow manner. [R.] -- Milton.

Circumspect (a.) Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.

Syn: See Cautious.

Circumspect (a.) Heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor" [syn: circumspect, discreet].

Circumspection (n.) Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness.

With silent circumspection, unespied. -- Milton.

Syn: Caution; prudence; watchfulness; deliberation; thoughtfulness; wariness; forecast.

Circumspection (n.) Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion" [syn: discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence].
Circumspection (n.) The trait of being circumspect and prudent [syn: circumspection, caution].

Circumspective (a.) Looking around every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." -- Pope.

Circumspectively (adv.) Circumspectly.

Circumspectly (adv.) In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily.

Circumspectly (adv.) In a cagey manner; "`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily" [syn: cagily, circumspectly].

Circumspectness (n.) Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.

[Travel] forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at home are nursed in security. -- Sir H. otton.

Circumstance (n.) 情況，形勢，環境；境況，境遇 That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened. -- W. Irving.

Circumstance (n.) An event; a fact; a particular incident.

The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in history. -- Addison.

Circumstance (n.) Circumlocution; detail. [Obs.]

So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit that we shake hands and part. -- Shak.

Circumstance (n.) pl. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. -- Addison.

Not a circumstance, of no account. [Colloq.]

Under the circumstances, taking all things into consideration.

Syn: Event; occurrence; incident; situation; condition; position; fact; detail; item. See Event.

Circumstance (v. t.) To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.

The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them, after his own manner. -- Addison.

Circumstance (n.) A condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity.

Circumstance (n.) The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" [syn: {context}, {circumstance}, {setting}].

Circumstance (n.) Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" [syn: {circumstance}, {condition}, {consideration}].

Circumstance (n.) Formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance".

Circumstance (n.) (B2) [ C usually plural ] 條件；情況；情形；形勢；境況 A fact or event that makes a situation the way it is.

// I think she coped very well under the circumstances.

// Obviously we can't deal with the problem until we know all the circumstances.

// She died in suspicious circumstances.

// We oppose capital punishment in/ under any circumstances.

// Under no circumstances should you (= you should not) approach the man.

// The meeting has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.

Circumstance (n.) [ U ] (Formal) 無法控制的因素；客觀環境；命運 Events that change your life, over which you have no control.

// They were victims of circumstance.

// We were obliged to go by force of circumstance.

Circumstances, () 經濟狀況 How much money someone has.

// Grants are available depending on your circumstances.

// By now she was alone and living in reduced circumstances (= with little money).

Circumstanced (p. a.) Placed in a particular position or condition; situated.

The proposition is, that two bodies so circumstanced will balance each other. -- Whewell.

Circumstanced (p. a.) Governed by events or circumstances. [Poetic & R.] "I must be circumstanced." -- Shak.

Circumstant (a.) Standing or placed around; surrounding. [R.] "Circumstant bodies." -- Sir K. Digby.

Circumstantiable (a.) Capable of being circumstantiated. [Obs.] -- Jer Taylor

Circumstantial (a.) Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.

The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. -- Paley.

Circumstantial (a.) Incidental; relating to, but not essential.

We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship . . . and what is merely circumstantial. -- Sharp.

Circumstantial (a.) Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.

Tedious and circumstantial recitals. -- Prior.

Circumstantial evidence (Law), Evidence obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption.

According to some authorities circumstantial is distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support.

All testimony is more or less circumstantial. -- Wharton.

Syn: See Minute.

Circumstantial (n.) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. -- Addison.

Circumstantial (a.) Fully detailed and specific about particulars; "a circumstantial report about the debate".

Circumstantial (a.) （尤指關於犯罪）間接的，按情況推測的 Containing information, especially about a crime, that makes you think something is true but does not completely prove it.

// Circumstantial evidence.

// The case against her was circumstantial.

Circumstantiality (n.) The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. "I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality." -- De Quincey.

Circumstantially (adv.) In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.

Of the fancy and intellect, the powers are only circumstantially different. -- Glanvill.

Circumstantially (adv.) In every circumstance or particular; minutely.

To set down somewhat circumstantially, not only the events, but the manner of my trials. -- Boyle.

Circumstantially (adv.) According to circumstances; "he was convicted circumstantially".

Circumstantially (adv.) Insofar as the circumstances are concerned; "the account was circumstantially accurate".

Circumstantially (adv.) In minute detail; "our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses" [syn: minutely, circumstantially].

Circumstantially (adv.) Without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly] [ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely].

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