circumstancedadj.
/ˈsəːkəmstənst/ 1. † b. Subject to, or governed by, circumstances.
a. Placed or set in certain circumstances, conditions, or relations; situated, conditioned.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] > placed in particular circumstances
betide1470
circumstanced1611
circumstantiateda1628
circumstantiate1649
situated1702
conditioned1831
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Circonstancié, circumstanced.
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 79 And such, as they are circumstanc'd, they bee.
c1725 J. Swift Consid. Wood's Coin As this Case stands Cicumstanced, it is a great question.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela Pref. p. xi A young Person, so circumstanced.
1798 L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 4) iii. 142 Nouns thus circumstanced are said to be in apposition to each other.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Sept. 7/2 The succour of the better circumstanced, the wealthy, and the well-to-do.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective]
circumstant1583
circumstanceda1616
circumstantiala1616
circumstantionable1647
circumstantive1866
situational1867
situationist1926
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 198 Tis very good, I must be circumstanc'd . View more context for this quotation
2. Supported by circumstances or details, circumstantiated.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > supported by circumstances
presumptive1561
circumstantiala1616
moral1637
presumptuousa1639
circumstantiated1654
circumstanced1861
1861 W. Fitzgerald in W. Thomson Aids to Faith ii. 75 The..best circumstanced facts upon which the claims of Revelation rest.
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