单词 | circumstant |
释义 | † circumstantadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. 1. Standing around, surrounding, circumjacent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] circumjacent1490 circumstant1545 circumvoisin1548 environing?a1560 encompassing1571 ambient1572 succingent1578 embracing1590 circling1594 girdling1598 circumdant1600 rounding1600 all round?1611 circumferent1620 circumsistent1625 circuiting1632 circulating1632 encircling1632 surrounding1637 begirting1645 circumambient1648 circumstantial1650 girding1658 skirtingc1735 entwining1737 circumadjacent1780 belting1808 engirdling1843 encyclic1850 engirding1852 zoning1853 roundaboutc1860 begirding1877 wraparound1957 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. F.viiiv The circumstant colde aer. a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters 54 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) Turning himselfe to the circumstant multitude. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 47 The braine and the circumstant parts. 1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) ii. x. 279. 1666 J. Sergeant Let. of Thanks 39 Constant Practice of the circumstant Faithfull. 2. Pertaining as a circumstance; incidental, attendant. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adjective] > non-essential accidental1387 casual1398 incident1523 accidentary?1549 accessarya1555 chanceablea1557 accessory1563 circumstant1583 advenient1594 adventive1605 adventitial1607 circumstantial1608 contingent1628 adventious1633 incidental1644 accessional1646 contingential1647 non-essential1647 extra-essential1667 attachable1798 dividuous1816 inessential1832 peripheral1902 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] circumstant1583 circumstanceda1616 circumstantiala1616 circumstantionable1647 circumstantive1866 situational1867 situationist1926 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 1404/1 Such trinckets as were to the foresaid Masse apperteining or circumstant. 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. i. v. 220 Miracles come from no inhærent power..from a circumstant rather, or an attendant. 1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 75 The circumstant causes. 3. Circumspect, cautious. rare. [So medieval Latin circumstans.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] warelyOE warec1000 adviseda1325 averty1330 aware1340 ferdfula1382 well-advisedc1405 circumspect1430 hooly1513 fearful1526 curiousa1533 chary1542 wareful1548 cautelous1574 cauty1579 careful1580 wary1580 retentive1599 wary1599 ginger1600 circumstant1603 cautel1606 shya1616 cautionate1616 warisome1628 cautiousa1640 circumspectious1649 circumspectivea1674 gingerish1764 safe1874 pussy-footed1893 pussyfooting1926 risk-averse1961 risk-adverse1969 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 248 Aduising him to be very circumspect [1638 circumstant] in his marching. B. n. plural. Persons standing round or about, bystanders. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > bystander or onlooker circumstanta1513 bystander1534 stander-by1534 looker-on?1536 onlooker1550 titlark1800 tricoteuse1828 railbird1894 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxxi. f. lxvii Noon of ye circumstauntis by neclygence gaue answere vnto the bysshop. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 424 He threwe amongst the circumstants, a great summe of money. 1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 126 The circumstants and standers by. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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