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•pfefTed in dire£l terms ; by intimating the fenfein a kind 
of paraphrafe, fo conceived as to foften or break its force. 
Thus Cicero, unable to deny that Clodius was flain by 
Milo, owns it, with this circumlocution: “ Milo's fervants 
being prevented from afiiiting their mailer, who was re¬ 
ported to be killed by Clodius ; they, in his abfence, and 
without his privity, or content, did what every body would 
expeft from their own fervants on fuch an occafion.” 
CIRCUMMU'RED, adj. [from circum and murus, Lat.] 
Wailed round ; encompaffed with a wall.—He hath a gar¬ 
den ciroummured with bricks. Sbakefpeare. 
CIRCUMNA'VIG ABLE, adj. [from circumnavigate .] 
That which may be failed round.—The being of Anti¬ 
podes, the habitablenefs of the torrid zone, and the ren¬ 
dering the whole terraqueous globe circumnavigable . Ray. 
To CIRCUMNA'VIGATE, v. a. [circum and navigo, 
Lat.] To fail round. 
CIRCUMN AVIGA'TION,/ The aft of failing round. 
—What lie fays concerning the circumnavigation of Afri¬ 
ca,. from the (traits of Gibraltar to -the Red Sea, is very 
remarkable. Arbuthnot. 
CIRCUMNA'VTGATOR, / One that fails round. 
CIRCUMFLICA'TION, f [circurnplico, Lat.] Theafit 
of enwrapping on every fide. The Hate of being en¬ 
wrapped. 
CIRCUMPO'LAR, adj. [from circum and polar. Stars 
near the North pole, which move round it, and never fet 
in the Northern latitudes, are faid to be circumpolarJiars. 
CIRCUMPOSI' LION,/ [from circum a.W&.pofititln.'] The 
aft of placing any thing circularly.—Now is your feafon 
for circumpojition , by tiles or balkets of earth. Evelyn. 
CIRCUMPOTA'TIO, / in antiquity, a funeral fealt 
in honour of the dead, very frequent among the Romans 
and the Athenians. Solon at Athens, and the decemviri 
at Rome, endeavoured.to reform this cultom, thinking it 
abfurd that mirth and drunkennefs Ihould mingle with 
forrovv and grief. 
CIRCUMRA'SION, f [circumrafio , Lat.] The aft of 
(having or paring round. 
CIRCUMROTA'TION,/ [ circum and roto, Lat.] The 
aft of whirling round with a motion like that of a wheel; 
circumvolution j circumgyration. The Hate of being 
whirled round. 
To CIR'CUMSCRIBE, v. a. [circum and ficribo, Lat.] 
To inclofe in certain lines or boundaries. To bound ; to 
limit; to coniine : 
The good Andronicus 
With honour and with fortune is return’d; 
From whence he circumfcribed with his fword. 
And brought to yoke the enemies of Rome. Sbakefpeare. 
CIRCUMSCRIP'TION, f [circumfcriptio, Lat.] De¬ 
termination of particular form or magnitude.—-In the cir- 
cumfcription of many leaves, flowers, fruits, and feeds, na¬ 
ture affefts a regular figure. Ray. —Limitation; boundary; 
contrafiion; confinement: 
I would not my unhoufed free condition 
Put into circumfcription and confine. Sbakefpeare. 
CIRCUMSCRIP'TIVE, adj. Inclofing the fuperficiesj 
marking the form of limits on the outlide.—Stones regu¬ 
lar, are diftinguilhed by their external forms : fuch as is 
circumfcriptive , or depending upon the whole Hone, as in 
the eagle-Hone, is properly called the figure. Grew. 
CIR'CUMSPECT, [circumfpeftus, Lat.] Cautious; 
attentive to every thing,; watchful on all fides: 
None are for me, 
That look into me with confid’rate eyes: 
High-reaching Buckingham groves circumfpeSl. Sbakefp. 
CIRCUMSPECTION, f. Watchfulnels on every fide; 
caution ; general attention.—Obferve the Tudden growth 
of wickednefs, from want of care and circumfpeBion in 
the firlt impreflions. Clarendon. 
So faying, his proud Hep he fcornful turn’d, 
But with fly circumfpeSl ion . Milton, 
Vol. IV. N0.224. 
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CIRCUMSPECTIVE, adj. [ circumfpicio , circumfpec- 
tum, Lat.] Looking round everyway; attentive; vigi¬ 
lant; cautious: 
No lefs alike the politic and wife, 
All fly flow things, with circumfpeBive eyes. Pope. 
CIRCUMSPEC'TIVELY, adv. Cautioufly; vigilantly; 
attentively; with watchfulnels every way ; watchfully. 
CIR'CUMSPECTLY, adv. With watchfulnefs every 
way; cautioufly; watchfully; vigilantly.—Their autho¬ 
rity weighs more with me than the concurrent fuffrages 
of a thoufand eyes, who never examined the thing fo 
carefully and circmnfpeBly. Ray. 
CIR'CUMSPECTNESS, f. Caution; vigilance; watch¬ 
fulnefs on every fide.—Travel forces circumfpeBnefs on 
thofe.abroad, who at home are nurfed in fecurity. IVotton. 
CIR'CUMSTANCE,/ [circumfiantia, Lat.] Something 
. appendant or relative to a fa£t: the fame to a moral adtion 
as accident to a natural fubllance.—Our confefling or con¬ 
cealing perfecuted truths, vary and change their very na¬ 
ture, according to different circumfiances, of time, place, and 
perfons. South. —The adjuncts of a fadt, which make it 
more or lefs criminal, or make an accufation more or lefs 
probable: 
Of thefe fuppofed crimes give me leave, 
By circumfance, but to acquit myfelf. Sbakefpeare. 
Accident; fomething adventitious, which may be taken 
away without the annihilation of the principal thing 
confidered: 
Senfe outfide knows, the foul through all things fees; 
Senfe, circumfance j (he doth the fubllance view. Davies . 
Incident; event: generally of a minute or fubordinate 
kind.—He defended Carlifle with very remarkable circurn- 
fances of courage, induftry, and patience. Clarendon.— 
Condition; Hate of affairs. It is frequently ufed with 
refpedt to wealth or poverty; as, good or ill circumfiances. 
—None but a virtuous man can hope well in all circum- 
fiances. Bacon. —When men are eafy in their circumfiances, 
they are naturally enemies to innovations. Addifon », 
To CIR'CUMSTANCE, v. a. To place in particular 
fituation, or relation to the things: 
Virtue, art, beauty, fortune, now I fee, 
Rarenefs or ufe, not nature, value brings; 
And fuch as they are circumfianc'd , they be. Donne. 
CIR'CUMSTANT, adj. [circumfians, Lat.] Surround¬ 
ing ; environing.—Its beams fly to vifit the remotelr parts 
of the world, and it gives motion to all circumfiant bo¬ 
dies. Digby. 
CIRCUMSTAN'TIAL, adj. [circumfi anti alls, low' Lat.] 
Accidental 5 not effential.—Who would not prefer a re¬ 
ligion that differs from our own in the circumftantials, be¬ 
fore one that differs from it in the effentials ? Addifon.— 
Incidental; happening by chance ; cafual: 
Virtue’s but anguilh, when ’tis feveral. 
By occafion wak’d, and circumfiantial. Donne. 
Full of fmall events; particular; detailed.—He had been 
provoked by men’s tedious and circumfiantial recitals of 
their affairs, or by their multiplied queftions about his 
own. Prior. 
CIRCUMSTANTIALITY, / The appendage of cir¬ 
cumflances 5 the Hate of any thing as modified by circum 
fiances. 
CIRCUMSTANTIALLY, adv. According to cir- 
cumftance ; not effentially ; accidentally.—Of the fancy 
and intellect, the powers are only circumfi antially diffe¬ 
rent. Glanville. —Minutely; exadlly; in every circum- 
flance or particular.—Lucian agrees with Homer in every 
point circumfi anti ally. Broome. 
To CIRCUMSTANTIATE, y.a. To place, in parti¬ 
cular circumflances ; to inveft with particular accidents 
or adjuncts.—If the adt were otherwile circumfiantiated, it - 
might will that freely, which now it wills freely. Bram- 
balL— To place in a particular condition, aS with regard 
to power or wealth.—A number’infinitely fuperior, and 
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