circumvolve
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of circumvolve
1590–1600; < Latin circumvolv ( ere ), equivalent to circum- circum- + volvere to roll ( evolve )
Example Sentences
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Reason is the sun, and the Sense and the Understanding, with their satellite faculties, the circumvolving planets.
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By having a globe constructed with circumvolving poles, capable of any adjustment with regard to the colures, Mr. Landseer ascertained that, at that remote period, in lat.
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The sparks - 'More than a hundred lovely daughters I see produced at one time, fiery as roses: in one moment they expire gracefully circumvolving.'
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