单词 | circumvolve |
释义 | circumvolvev. Now rare. 1. transitive. a. To turn, roll, or whirl (a thing) round on its axis or centre. ΘΚΠ 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 R. Herrick Upon Mr. Fletcher's Plays Whene'ere we circumvolve our eyes. 1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica i. i. § i. ii. 6 The whole Sphere being circumvolved once every day. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 199 I had frequently seen machines similarly circumvolved. b. To turn or move (a thing) round in a circular path. rare. ΘΚΠ 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 > cause to move in circle rounda1460 circumvolve1610 orb1641 sphere1648 circumagitate1660 circumact1667 1610 Histrio-mastix i. 230 The flye..Shall sundry times be circumvolv'd about. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 173 Planets, and moons..circumvolved Each round the other. 2. intransitive. a. To turn round or revolve on an axis or centre; to rotate; also figurative of time, etc. ΘΚΠ 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 1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 202 To make dayes, and tymes, still to circumvolue. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. v. 33 The Terraqueous Globe..which circumvolves at the rate of above 1000 Miles an Hour. 1791 E. Darwin Loves of Plants ii. 104 And slowly circumvolves the labouring wheel below. b. To revolve in a circular path or orbit. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > move in a circle or curve [verb (intransitive)] > move in a circle to go aboutOE whirlc1290 circule1430 circlec1440 to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500 circuit1611 circumgyre1634 revolve1660 circulate1672 orba1821 circumvolve1841 to loop the loop1902 orbit1948 1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. i. ii. 53 [Sparks] expire gracefully circumvolving. 1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 194 Round whom everybody else is perpetually circumvolving. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > by winding or folding something round > wind so as to wrap wind1303 servea1586 circumvolve1599 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 7/1 Madefy certayn cloutes..and circumvolve the same rounde aboute his heade. 1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery v. 333 Circumvolving or wrapping the Base of it..round the..Cylinder. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (intransitive)] circumvolve1607 wrap1608 wrapper1885 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] bewindOE writheOE windc1175 bewrap?c1225 lapa1300 umbelaya1300 umbeweave1338 wlappec1380 enwrapa1382 wrapa1382 inlap1382 envelop1386 forwrapc1386 hapc1390 umbeclapa1400 umbethonrea1400 umblaya1400 wapc1420 biwlappea1425 revolve?a1425 to roll up?a1425 roll?c1425 to roll ina1475 wimple1513 to wind up?1533 invest1548 circumvolve1607 awrap1609 weave1620 sheet1621 obvolve1623 embowdle1625 amict1657 wry1674 woold1775 overwrap1815 wrapper1885 wrapper1905 weve- the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium belapc1175 take?a1300 wrapa1382 environa1393 enumberc1400 involvea1420 enfoldc1425 bewrapa1430 mantlec1450 envelop1474 enwrap1545 imply1590 circumvolve1607 circumfuse1608 becloaka1618 swathe1624 gird1645 wrap1656 velope1722 steep1798 bathe1816 cloak1818 impall1852 atmosphere1881 kirtle1888 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. H3 Doe seruile clowdes,..Our glorious body circumvolue? 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) iv. sig. I2v O were my body circumuolu'd within that cloude. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 61 Abundance of..Cypresse-trees, circumuoluing the Towne. Derivatives circumvolved adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > enfolding or enveloping folden1435 folded1570 involving1611 investing1615 circumvolving1638 obsident1644 circumvolved1668 enfolding1669 investient1695 shrining1826 enveloping1828 enwrapping1850 scarfing1897 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xix. 51 Between the proper Membrane of the Bladder, and its circumvolved Muscle. circumvolving adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > enfolding or enveloping folden1435 folded1570 involving1611 investing1615 circumvolving1638 obsident1644 circumvolved1668 enfolding1669 investient1695 shrining1826 enveloping1828 enwrapping1850 scarfing1897 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 163 The circumvolving Wildernesse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1599 |
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