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circumducing

circumducing is the present participle and gerund of circumduce.

Meaning of circumduce

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...

Questions about circumducing

What is circumducing the present participle and gerund of?
Circumducing is the present participle and gerund of circumduce.

Words near circumducing in the dictionary

  1. circumdiameter
  2. circumdiameters
  3. circumduce
  4. circumduced
  5. circumduces
  6. circumducing
  7. circumduct
  8. circumducted
  9. circumducting
  10. circumduction
  11. circumductions

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