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† deˈcircinate, v. Obs.
[f. L. dēcircinā-re to round off, f. de- I. 2, 3 + circin-us circle.]
To round off, form into a circle.
1656in Blount Glossogr. [but wrongly explained]. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. v. 14 He [the Sun] imprinteth his Face on the Roscid Cloud, and decircinates the Iris with his Pencil. Ibid. ii. xiii. 337 If the {moonfq} decircinates the Circle. 1721Bailey, Decircinate, to bring into a compass or roundness: to draw a Circle with a pair of Compasses.
Hence † decirciˈnation.
1731in Bailey vol. II. |