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circumstancing

circumstancing is the present participle and gerund of circumstance.

Meaning of circumstance

Verb

circumstance (third-person singular simple present circumstances, present participle circumstancing, simple past and past participle circumstanced)

  1. To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.
    • Frank muttered something. Tidings had in some shape reached his ears that his father was not comfortably circumstanced as regarded money.1858, Anthony Trollope, “Matrimonial Prospects”, in Doctor Thorne. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 184

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Questions about circumstancing

What is circumstancing the present participle and gerund of?
Circumstancing is the present participle and gerund of circumstance.

Words near circumstancing in the dictionary

  1. circumsporozite
  2. circumsporozoite
  3. circumstance
  4. circumstanced
  5. circumstances
  6. circumstancing
  7. circumstant
  8. circumstantiable
  9. circumstantial
  10. circumstantial evidence
  11. circumstantialities

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