† circumferentadj.
Obsolete.
a. Forming the circumference, encircling, encompassing; travelling around.
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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
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > moving in circle
circularc1450
round1565
circumfluent1583
circling1599
circumferential1610
circumferent1620
circulating1632
compassing1638
circuline1647
circumambient1648
ambient1655
surrounding1657
gyrous1688
rounding1708
whirl-about1786
circumgyratory1835
gyrant1844
circuiting1886
roundwisea1930
the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > circular > of or relating to or forming circumference
circumferential1610
circumferent1620
round1658
1620 T. Middleton & W. Rowley World Tost sig. B3 The round yere In her circumferent armes will fold vs all.
1623 T. Venner Viae Rectae Pars Secunda i. 2 From the Center to the circumferent parts.
1639 J. Woodall Viaticum (new ed.) in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 315 The..pinne in the center guideth the circumferent tooth-head-saw.
1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris (1663) 580 Those of circumferent nations.
b. = In circumference.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > in circumference
circumferentc1420
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. vi. 61 A comune busshell greet circumferent, Or litel lesse [i.e. as great in circumference as a common bushel].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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