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Definition: To circle in
Circle
\Cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Circling.] [OE. cerclen, F. cercler, fr. L. circulare to
make round. See
Circle, n., and cf.
Circulate.]
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1. To move around; to revolve around.
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Other planets circle other suns. --Pope.
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2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to
encircle. --Prior. Pope.
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Their heads are circled with a short turban.
--Dampier.
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So he lies, circled with evil. --Coleridge.
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To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as,
to circle bodies in. --Sir K. Digby.
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