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circumduce

circumduce verb: to declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.

Verb

circumduce (third-person singular simple present circumduces, present participle circumducing, simple past and past participle circumduced)

  1. (Scotland, archaic, transitive) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.
    • But come, Dominie, I have allowed you a competent space to express your feelings. I must circumduce the term; you must let me proceed in my examination.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...

Forms of circumduce

third-person singular presentcircumduces
present participlecircumducing
past participlecircumduced
pastcircumduced

Origin of circumduce

See circumduct.

Words formed from circumduce

Questions about circumduce

What does circumduce mean?
Circumduce means to declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.
What part of speech is circumduce?
Circumduce is a verb.
What is the past tense of circumduce?
The past tense of circumduce is circumduced.

Words near circumduce in the dictionary

  1. circumdental
  2. circumdenudation
  3. circumdenudations
  4. circumdiameter
  5. circumdiameters
  6. circumduce
  7. circumduced
  8. circumduces
  9. circumducing
  10. circumduct
  11. circumducted

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