circumvolve

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Verb

circumvolve (circumvolves, present participle circumvolving; past and past participle circumvolved)

1. (intransitive) To revolve or move around something.
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     The oracle is now about to be
     Fulfilled by circumvolving destiny;
     Which says: “Thebes, choose reform or civil war,
     When through your streets, instead of hare with dogs,
     A smc Consort Queen shall hunt a smc King with Hogs,
     Riding upon the IONIAN MINOTAUR.”

2. (transitive) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.

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