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circumducts

circumducts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 circumducts

What is circumducts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Circumducts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of circumduct.

Words near circumducts in the dictionary

  1. circumducted
  2. circumducting
  3. circumduction
  4. circumductions
  5. circumductory
  6. circumducts
  7. circumellipse
  8. circumellipses
  9. circumenteric
  10. circumequatorial
  11. circumequatorially

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