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circumgyrare (-girare) 1 (trans.) to circle round. b to sail round. c to surround. d to draw (a boundary) round. e to bring round in a cycle. totius terrestris creaturae, quam teres vertigo caeli in modum rotantis fundibali ~at, rudis possessor Aldh. VirgP 11.  b s864 manus piratarum, ‥ pelago ~ato, Tanatum insulam ‥ elegit ad hyemandum W. Malm. GR II 117; s1385 insulam ~antes villam de Stonore ‥ cremaverunt Thorne 2181.  c 814 (10c) his †liminibus [v. l. limitibus] haec pars telluris ~ari videtur CS 346; †956 (14c) his limitibus prefatum rus cum colle humifero undique ~ari videtur Ib. 920; tellus aequoreis circumgiratur ab undis Frith. 31; nec [locus] nisi uno introitu potest adiri, mari undique ~atus W. Malm. GP II 96; Haroldus ‥ rex Noricorum misit ei [Ethelstano] navem ‥ densa testudine clipeorum inauratorum intrinsecus ~atam Id. GR II 135; capio duas lineas girativas ‥; et ~ent quamlibet istarum parcium Wycl. Log. III 91.  d 785 (9c) jam sequitur istius ruris †cirgyrata terminatio CS 245.  e s1298 nec potest pars parti subvenire ‥ nisi ~ato xv dierum spacio Chr. S. Edm. 69. 2 (intr): a to whirl about. b to form a circle (w. hand). c to gad about. a fumus ‥ tantus emersit ut totam insulam ‥ ~ans adimplere videretur Gir. David 4.  b cruces ‥ quas fecit reverenter integra manu non ~ando Ord. Cartus. 101.  c s1327 ambitio matronarum ~are affectancium rumorem ‥ dilatat Higd. VII 44.

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