circumvolve

English

Etymology

Latin circumvolvere

Verb

circumvolve (third-person singular simple present circumvolves, present participle circumvolving, simple past and past participle circumvolved)

  1. (intransitive) To revolve or move around something.
    • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
      The oracle is now about to be
      Fulfilled by circumvolving destiny;
      Which says: “Thebes, choose reform or civil war,
      When through your streets, instead of hare with dogs,
      A Consort Queen shall hunt a King with Hogs,
      Riding upon the IONIAN MINOTAUR.”
  2. (transitive) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.
    • 1647, Robert Herrick, "Upon Master Fletcher's Incomparable Plays", in Comedies and Tragedies by Beaumont & Fletcher
      [] we circumvolve our Eyes []

References

Latin

Verb

circumvolve

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of circumvolvō
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