circumduce

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verb

To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verbcircumduce (third-person singular simple present circumduces, present participle circumducing, simple past and past participle circumduced)

present singular third person circumduces · participle present circumducing · participle past circumduced · past circumduced

  1. ScotlandarchaictransitivelawTo declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.

    But come, Dominie, I have allowed you a competent space to express your feelings. I must circumduce the term; you must let me proceed in my examination.

    1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC

Origin

See circumduct.

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APA

circumduce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumduce

MLA

“circumduce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumduce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumduce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumduce.

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