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

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