• IPA: /ˈsɜː(ɹ)kəld/

1. Simple past tense and past participle of circle

circled (not comparable)

1. Marked with a surrounding circle or ellipse; ringed.

   the circled items in a list

2. Having the form of a circle; round.

   • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Monthly changes in her circled orb.