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A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
A territorial division or district.
To move around; to revolve around.
To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
of Circle
Having the form of a circle; round.
A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a.
A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband.
A round body; an orb.
A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
of Circle
See Cirsocele.
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.