circumvolve

[ sur-kuhm-volv ]

verb (used with or without object)

, cir·cum·volved, cir·cum·volv·ing.

1. to revolve or wind about.

Word History and Origins

Origin of circumvolve¹

1590–1600; < Latin circumvolv ( ere ), equivalent to circum- circum- + volvere to roll ( evolve )

Example Sentences

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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