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circuition arch.|sɜːkjʊˈɪʃən|
[ad. L. circuitiōn-em a going round, n. of action, f. circuīre, see circuit n.: cf. F. circuition.]
A going round or about; making of a circuit; compassing, encircling, visitation in circuit.
1533Bellenden Livy (1822) 216 The circuicioun and charge [circuitio ac cura] that wes wont to be gevin to the edilis, war gevin to small pepill. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1338 The circuitions, conversions and changes which appeare in the heaven. 1622R. Preston Godly Man's Inquisition ii. 47 Leaue..perambulations and circuitions to Sathan, that infernall Peripatetike. 1684Phil. Trans. XIV. 681 The space of a Lunar circuition of the earth. 1855Bailey Mystic 48 Sacred circuition of the sun.
2. fig. Circuitous mode of speech, circumlocution, ‘maze of argument’ (J.).
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 130 a, With a Cynical circuicion or goyng about the bushe. 1603Harsnet Pop. Impost. 168 Answers..without any Circuition or æquivocation at all. 1824Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 I. xiii. 68 Adds clause to clause..with all the circuition..of an indenture. |