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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Circle \Cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circling}.] [OE. cerclen, F. cercler, fr. L. circulare to make round. See {Circle}, n., and cf. {Circulate}.] 1. To move around; to revolve around. Other planets circle other suns. --Pope. 2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle. --Prior. Pope. Their heads are circled with a short turban. --Dampier. So he lies, circled with evil. --Coleridge. {To circle in}, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as, to circle bodies in. --Sir K. Digby. | |
