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circumducting

circumducting is the present participle and gerund of circumduct.

Meaning of circumduct

Verb

circumduct (third-person singular simple present circumducts, present participle circumducting, simple past and past participle circumducted)

  1. To move an extremity about an axis so that the distal end delineates a circle whilst the proximal end stays fixed.
  2. (obsolete) To lead about or astray.
  3. (obsolete) To contravene; to nullify.
    • But Acts of Judicature may be cancelled and circumducted by the Will and Direction of the Judge1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John...

Questions about circumducting

What is circumducting the present participle and gerund of?
Circumducting is the present participle and gerund of circumduct.

Words near circumducting in the dictionary

  1. circumduced
  2. circumduces
  3. circumducing
  4. circumduct
  5. circumducted
  6. circumducting
  7. circumduction
  8. circumductions
  9. circumductory
  10. circumducts
  11. circumellipse

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