† circumagitatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To move or impel round or about.
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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 > cause to move in circle
rounda1460
circumvolve1610
orb1641
sphere1648
circumagitate1660
circumact1667
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 67 The Planets,..are constantly..circumagitated through the ætheriall diffusion.
a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. in Wks. (1831) III. vi. 177 (R.) God hath..given to every one of his appointed officers a portion of the fiery matter to circumagitate and roll.
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