circumstanced

American  

[sur-kuhm-stanst, -stuhnst] / ˈsɜr kəmˌstænst, -stənst /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.

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adjective

1. being in a condition, or state, especially with respect to income and material welfare, as specified.

   They were well circumstanced.

Other Word Forms

• well-circumstanced adjective

Etymology

Origin of circumstanced

First recorded in 1595–1605; circumstance + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The plunder had been startlingly circumstanced, but its issue had been all I could have hoped.

From Literature

Circumstanced thus, my thoughts were not of the most acute, but moved with a bewildered sluggishness; and for some moments I stood outside in the dark of the yard, engaged in attempts to collect my wits before returning to my task.

From Literature

Dreary must be the life of a people so circumstanced. 

From Project Gutenberg

The confidence that is required, the excitement of imagination, the unity of effort, and of purpose, the rapid exercise of mind to catch the half-uttered thought, the enforced candour from want of time, which admits of no disguise or circumlocution, the very mystery itself--all cast that magic chain around those so circumstanced, within which they can hardly escape from the power of love.

From Project Gutenberg

Be upon your guard, Warde; and remember how I am circumstanced.

From Project Gutenberg