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circumstanced

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

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.


adjective

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

    They were well circumstanced.

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Etymology

Origin of circumstanced

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

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Asian Americans and Latinos overstaying a visa are similarly circumstanced; however, a blind driver or a ten-year-old driver is differently circumstanced than a sighted, adult driver.

From Textbooks Jul. 28, 2021

According to the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause, “all persons similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike.”

From Textbooks Jul. 28, 2021

For Polo, Seilan was "for its size, better circumstanced than any island in the world."

From Time Magazine Archive

Doubtless most other foreign Powers are similarly circumstanced, and possibly even the U. S. Congress would refuse to bind the U. S. by the Kellogg formula.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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