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71cir|cum|vent — «SUR kuhm VEHNT», transitive verb. 1. to get the better of or defeat by trickery: »The dishonest merchant was always trying to circumvent the law. With a commonplace capacity, and with a narrow political education, he intended to circumvent the… …
72cir´ci|nate´ly — cir|ci|nate «SUR suh nayt», adjective. 1. rolled up into a coil; rounded; made circular. 2. Botany. coiled from the apex toward the base. The unopened fronds of ferns are circinate. ╂[< Latin circinātus made round, past participle of circināre …
73cir|ci|nate — «SUR suh nayt», adjective. 1. rolled up into a coil; rounded; made circular. 2. Botany. coiled from the apex toward the base. The unopened fronds of ferns are circinate. ╂[< Latin circinātus made round, past participle of circināre <… …
74cir´cu|la´tor — cir|cu|late «SUR kyuh layt», verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. –v.i. 1. to go around; pass from place to place or person to person: »Water circulates in the pipes of a building. Money circulates as it goes from person to person. The host and hostess… …
75cir|cu|late — «SUR kyuh layt», verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. –v.i. 1. to go around; pass from place to place or person to person: »Water circulates in the pipes of a building. Money circulates as it goes from person to person. The host and hostess circulated at the… …
76cir´cum|am´bi|ent|ly — cir|cum|am|bi|ent «SUR kuhm AM bee uhnt», adjective. 1. surrounding; encompassing; encircling: »Her journal…bears on every page of it the traces of the Baroness and her circumambient influence (Lytton Strachey). 2. round about; circuitous: » …
77cir|cum|am|bi|ent — «SUR kuhm AM bee uhnt», adjective. 1. surrounding; encompassing; encircling: »Her journal…bears on every page of it the traces of the Baroness and her circumambient influence (Lytton Strachey). 2. round about; circuitous: » …
78cir´cum|am´bu|la´tor — cir|cum|am|bu|late «SUR kuhm AM byuh layt», transitive verb, intransitive verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. to walk or go about: »If she had had a little less pride she might have gone and circumambulated the Yeobrights premises…until she had seen him… …
79cir|cum|am|bu|late — «SUR kuhm AM byuh layt», transitive verb, intransitive verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. to walk or go about: »If she had had a little less pride she might have gone and circumambulated the Yeobrights premises…until she had seen him (Thomas Hardy). ╂[<… …
80cir´cum|cis´er — cir|cum|cise «SUR kuhm syz», transitive verb, cised, cis|ing. 1. to cut off the foreskin of (a male) or the nymphae of (a female), especially for hygienic purposes or as a religious or initiatory rite, as among the Jews, Muslims, and some African …
