circumgyratev.
/səːkəmˈdʒʌɪreɪt/ 1. transitive. To cause to turn or wheel round; to twist or twine. ? Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)]
turnOE
trillc1386
gyrec1420
rote?1533
tirl1543
to turn round1555
revolve1559
circumvert1578
circumgyre1635
circumrote1635
circumgyrate1647
circumvolve1647
veera1649
twist1769
rotate1777
sphere1820
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. ii. xliii The soul about it self circumgyrates Her various forms.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 64 Various sorts of Vessels curl'd, circumgyrated and complicated together.
2. intransitive. To turn or wheel about, to roll round; to travel round, make circuits.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)]
wharvec888
turnOE
runOE
to turn aboutOE
to turn roundc1450
to go roundc1460
revolute1553
gyre1598
veer1605
to come about1607
circumvolve1626
circumgyre1634
to turn around1642
roll1646
revolve1660
circulate1672
twist1680
circumgyrate1683
rotate1757
gyrate1830
1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 24 The whol frame of the World seemeth to me..to circumgyrate, to wheel, whirl, and turn round about in a Topsi-Turvi.
1830–2 J. Bentham Justice & Codif. Petit. in Wks. (1843) V. 479 Circumgirating, as if by steam, on a wheel without a drag.
3. transitive. To go round, travel round. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > cause to move in circle or curve [verb (transitive)] > move in circle round something
umgoa1300
compassc1384
gyrec1420
environ?a1425
circuitc1550
revolve1559
circle1582
to put (also make, cast) a girdle (round) about1600
encirclea1616
encompass1640
whirla1657
circulate1685
gird1688
circumgyrate1868
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxiv. 564 It took an active man..ten hours to circumgirate the town.
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