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circumstanced, ppl. a.|ˈsɜːkəmstənst| [f. circumstance n. and v. + -ed.] 1. Placed or set in certain circumstances, conditions, or relations; situated, conditioned.
1611Cotgr., Circonstancié, circumstanced. a1631Donne Poems, to C'tess. Bedford, And such as they are circumstanc'd, they bee. c1725Swift Consid. Wood's Coin, As this Case stands Cicumstanced, it is a great question. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 6 A young person, so circumstanced. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 259 Nouns thus cicrcumstanced are said to be in apposition to each other. 1888Pall Mall G. 12 Sept. 7/2 The succour of the better circumstanced, the wealthy, and the well-to-do. †b. Subject to, or governed by, circumstances.
1604Shakes. Oth. iii. iv. 201 'Tis very good: I must be circumstanc'd. 2. Supported by circumstances or details, circumstantiated.
1861Bp. Fitzgerald Aids to Faith ii. 75 The..best circumstanced facts upon which the claims of Revelation rest. |