† decircinatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēcircināt-, dēcircināre.

Etymology: < classical Latin dēcircināt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of dēcircināre to make rounded, to round off, in post-classical Latin also to bring (something) out of compass or roundness (e.g. in 16th-cent. Latin–English dictionaries) < dē- de- prefix + circināre circinate v.The post-classical Latin sense of classical Latin dēcircināre arose by reinterpretation of the prefix dē- as relating to the undoing or reversal of an action (compare de- prefix 1f).

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To bring (something) out of compass or roundness. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries and glossaries.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > make round [verb (transitive)] > make unround

disround1555

unround1611

decircinate1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Decircinate, to bring out of compass or roundness, to unbind.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Decircinate, bring out of compass, unbind.

2. transitive. To draw or create (a circle or rounded shape). Originally also (in quot. 1683): to round off, make rounded.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > make round [verb (transitive)] > make circular

wheel1656

decircinate1683

circularize1799

1683 J. Forbes Mariner's Everlasting Almanack (ed. 2) 44 I desire to know of you, if a Sphericall Triangle..be decircinated, peradventure without any terme given? if the quantity or measure of the sides and Angles may be had?

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. v. 14 He [the Sun] imprinteth his Face on the Roscid Cloud, and decircinates the Iris with his Pencil.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xiii. 337 If the ☽ [i.e. the moon] decircinates the Circle.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Decircinate, to bring into a compass or roundness: to draw a Circle with a pair of Compasses.

1806 J. Leslie Dict. Synonymous Words 35 Compasses, to make or describe a circle with a pair of compasses, to circinate, to decircinate.

Derivatives

decircination n. [compare post-classical Latin decircinatio (1579 or earlier)] rare

ΚΠ

1730 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Decircination, the act of drawing a circle with a pair of compasses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	decircinate
释义	† decircinatev. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēcircināt-, dēcircināre. Etymology: < classical Latin dēcircināt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of dēcircināre to make rounded, to round off, in post-classical Latin also to bring (something) out of compass or roundness (e.g. in 16th-cent. Latin–English dictionaries) < dē- de- prefix + circināre circinate v.The post-classical Latin sense of classical Latin dēcircināre arose by reinterpretation of the prefix dē- as relating to the undoing or reversal of an action (compare de- prefix 1f). Obsolete. 1. transitive. To bring (something) out of compass or roundness. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries and glossaries.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > make round [verb (transitive)] > make unround disround1555 unround1611 decircinate1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Decircinate, to bring out of compass or roundness, to unbind. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Decircinate, bring out of compass, unbind. 2. transitive. To draw or create (a circle or rounded shape). Originally also (in quot. 1683): to round off, make rounded. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > make round [verb (transitive)] > make circular wheel1656 decircinate1683 circularize1799 1683 J. Forbes Mariner's Everlasting Almanack (ed. 2) 44 I desire to know of you, if a Sphericall Triangle..be decircinated, peradventure without any terme given? if the quantity or measure of the sides and Angles may be had? 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. v. 14 He [the Sun] imprinteth his Face on the Roscid Cloud, and decircinates the Iris with his Pencil. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xiii. 337 If the ☽ [i.e. the moon] decircinates the Circle. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Decircinate, to bring into a compass or roundness: to draw a Circle with a pair of Compasses. 1806 J. Leslie Dict. Synonymous Words 35 Compasses, to make or describe a circle with a pair of compasses, to circinate, to decircinate. Derivatives decircination n. [compare post-classical Latin decircinatio (1579 or earlier)] rare ΚΠ 1730 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Decircination, the act of drawing a circle with a pair of compasses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1656
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