| 单词 |
circumdate |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † ˈcircumdate, a. Obs.
In 5–6 circun-.
[ad. L. circumdăt-us, pa. pple. of circumdăre to put around, surround.]
Surrounded, encompassed.
1460Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 82 O plesaunt olyue with grace circundate! c1510Barclay Mirr. Good Mann. (1570) E j, This life is..Circundate in compasse with misery and wo. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus ii. 475 All circundat with the quhite Alabast.
▪ II. † ˈcircumdate, v. Obs.
Also circun-.
[f. as prec.: see -ate3. (Quot. 1578 perhaps implies a vb. circunde.]
trans. To surround, encompass.
1578Banister Hist. Man i. 23 A strong enclosure, so circundated and compassed for the safe keeping of the hart and Lunges. Ibid. i. 32 That Cartilage..circundeth and compasseth..the head of the thigh. 1621Quarles Div. Poems, Esther, Don Phœbus fiery Steeds..That circundates in twice twelve hours the World. 1632Lithgow Trav. vi. (1682) 250 Within the circundating leaves. 1639G. Daniel Ecclus. xxviii. 73 Circumdate thy land With hedge of thorne. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 291 Circumdated with little angust, long leaves.
So † cirˈcumdant a. [ad. L. circumdant-em, pr. pple. of circumdăre], surrounding; circumˈdation, the act of surrounding. Obs.
1600W. Vaughan Direct. f. Health (1633) 97 Because the circundant ayre is colder. 1645Digby Nat. Bodies xv. (1658) 167 The coldness of the circumdant air. 1623Cockeram, A compassing about..Circundation. |
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