单词 | circumlate |
释义 | † circumlatev. Obsolete. transitive. To carry or bring round; spec. to turn or ‘fetch’ round (a limb). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn (as) on a pivot or swing round turnOE revirec1485 virec1485 circumlate1578 swing1769 slew1823 swivel1846 pivot1883 jib1891 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > move with rotatory motion circumduce1578 circumlate1578 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 57v The one legge fastened one the earth, and the other..circumlated..to circumlate, or fetch about is the action of the whole legge. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [noun] > movement in circle > causing movement in circle circumaction1578 circumlation1678 1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum v. 52 This compounded Motion of the Sun, in one part of its Circumlation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > periphrastic or circumlocutory ambagious?1532 periphrasticala1638 circumlatory1639 ambagical1652 ambitious1656 circumlocutory1659 roundabout1704 periphrastic1776 ambagitory1814 circumambagious1834 ambaginous1838 circumambulatory1842 circumlocutionary1863 circumlocutional1865 1639 J. Saltmarsh Pract. Policie 98 How you may use circumlatory speeches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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