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单词 circumvolute
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circumvolutev.

/səˈkʌmvəʊl(j)uːt/
Etymology: < Latin circumvolūt-, participial stem of circumvolvĕre to roll round, or ? < Latin frequentative circumvolūtāre.
1. transitive. To roll or curl round. Also figurative.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something) > coil (something) round or upon itself
windc1325
wrap?1523
to roll up1530
wreathe1530
upwind1560
twist1582
twinec1585
circumvolute1599
bottom1612
rolla1616
overwhelm1634
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 115/2 Vineleaves..and those little circumvolutede sprigges which growe on the branches.
1790 R. Burns Let. 13 Feb. (2003) II. 15 I can antithesize Sentiment, & circumvolute Periods, as well as any Coiner of phrases.
2. To enclose or enwrap by twisting or winding something round.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something)
enlacec1374
whipc1500
wreathe1509
enwrap1578
circumvolute1599
twine1602
ingyre1610
wrap?1611
wire1645
serpenta1660
whirl1676
convolute1698
intertwine1717
entwine1796
overtwinea1817
enwind1849
warplea1870
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > by winding or folding something round
enlacec1374
wrap1382
circumvolute1599
coila1625
furl1712
to roll on1753
clasp1798
bespin1862
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 61/1 Take past, and circumvolute the glasse therin.
1828 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 288 With the aid of circumvoluting twine.
1830 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 519 A wearied wasp, lying like a silkworm, circumvoluted in the inextricable toils.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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