Circulator
(Cir"cu*la`tor) n. [Cf. L. circulator a peddler.] One who, or that which, circulates.
Circulatorious
(Cir`cu*la*to"ri*ous) a. Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant.
[Obs.] "Circulatorious jugglers." Barrow.
Circulatory
(Cir"cu*la*to*ry) a. [L. circulatorius pert. to a mountebank: cf. F. circulatoire.]
1. Circular; as, a circulatory letter. Johnson.
2. Circulating, or going round. T. Warton.
3. (Anat.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs
of circulation; as, circulatory diseases.
Circulatory
(Cir"cu*la*to*ry), n. A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the
heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated
portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.
Circulet
(Cir"cu*let) n. A circlet. [Obs.] Spenser.
Circuline
(Cir"cu*line) a. Proceeding in a circle; circular. [Obs.] "With motion circuline". Dr. H. More.
Circum-
(Cir"cum-) [Akin to circle, circus.] A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words,
and signifying around or about.
Circumagitate
(Cir`cum*ag"i*tate) v. t. [Pref. circum + agitate.] To agitate on all sides. Jer. Taylor.
Circumambage
(Cir`cum*am"bage) n. [Pref. circum- + ambage, obs. sing. of ambages.] A roundabout
or indirect course; indirectness. [Obs.] S. Richardson.
Circumambiency
(Cir`cum*am"bi*en*cy) n. The act of surrounding or encompassing. Sir T. Browne.
Circumambient
(Cir`cum*am"bi*ent) a. [Pref. circum- + ambient.] Surrounding; inclosing or being on
all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.
Circumambulate
(Cir`cum*am"bu*late) v. t. [L. circumambulatus, p. p. of circumambulare to walk
around; circum + ambulare. See Ambulate.] To walk round about. — Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion n.
Circumbendibus
(Cir`cum*bend"i*bus) n. A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] Goldsmith.
Circumcenter
(Cir`cum*cen"ter) n. (Geom.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.
Circumcise
(Cir"cum*cise) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumcised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumcising.] [L. circumcisus,
p. p. of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to E. cæsura, homicide,
concise, and prob. to shed, v. t.]
1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of
females.
2. (Script.) To purify spiritually.
Circumciser
(Cir"cum*ci`ser) n. One who performs circumcision. Milton.
Circumcision
(Cir`cum*cision) n. [L. circumcisio.]
1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females.
