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† cirˈcumplicate, v. [f. L. circumplicāt- ppl. stem of -plicare to fold or twine round.] To fold, twine, or wrap round. Hence cirˈcumplicated ppl. a., circumpliˈcation, an enwrapping all around.
1623Cockeram, Circumplicate, To roll, or wrap about. 1656Blount Glossogr., Circumplicate, to fold or wind about. 1695Westmacott Script. Herb. 105 A great black Root..with interwoven and circumplicated Coats or Branches. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 34 [Bindweede] troubleth them with the inwrapping and circumplication about..their stem or stalk. 1678in Phillips: thence in Kersey, Bailey, Johnson, etc. |