circumduct

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verb

To move an extremity about an axis so that the distal end delineates a circle whilst the proximal end stays fixed.

OriginLatin circumductus →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verbcircumduct (third-person singular simple present circumducts, present participle circumducting, simple past and past participle circumducted)

present singular third person circumducts · participle present circumducting · participle past circumducted · past circumducted

  1. anatomyTo move an extremity about an axis so that the distal end delineates a circle whilst the proximal end stays fixed.
  2. obsoleteTo lead about or astray.
  3. obsoletelawTo contravene; to nullify.

    But Acts of Judicature may be cancelled and circumducted by the Will and Direction of the Judge

    1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC
  4. alternativelawAlternative form of circumduce (“to close a case to further proof”).

Origin

  1. Latincircumductus
  2. Englishcircumduct

From Latin circumductus, past participle of circumducere (“to lead around”), from circum + ducere (“to lead”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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