CIRCUMVOLVE Definition & Meaning

View synonyms for

circumvolve

[ sur-kuhm-volv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

circumvolved, circumvolving.

to revolve or wind about.

Discover More

51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of circumvolve¹

1590–1600; < Latin circumvolv ( ere ), equivalent to circum- circum- + volvere to roll ( evolve )

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Reason is the sun, and the Sense and the Understanding, with their satellite faculties, the circumvolving planets.

From

By having a globe constructed with circumvolving poles, capable of any adjustment with regard to the colures, Mr. Landseer ascertained that, at that remote period, in lat.

From

The sparks - 'More than a hundred lovely daughters I see produced at one time, fiery as roses: in one moment they expire gracefully circumvolving.'

From

Browse