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De - Pt| English Dictionary: round about | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Round \Round\, prep. On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass. The serpent Error twines round human hearts. --Cowper. {Round about}, an emphatic form for round or about. [bd]Moses . . . set them [The elders] round about the tabernacle.[b8] --Num. xi. 24. {To come round}, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person) by flattery or deception. [Colloq.] | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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About \A*bout"\, adv. 1. On all sides; around. 'Tis time to look about. --Shak. 2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. 3. Here and there; around; in one place and another. Wandering about from house to house. --1 Tim. v. 13. 4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. [bd]There fell . . . about three thousand men.[b8] --Exod. xxii. 28. 5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about. {To bring about}, to cause to take place; to accomplish. {To come about}, to occur; to take place. See under {Come}. {To go about}, {To set about}, to undertake; to arrange; to prepare. [bd]Shall we set about some revels?[b8] --Shak. {Round about}, in every direction around. | |
