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Circumscriber
- - One who, or that which, circumscribes.
Circumscribes
- verb - draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
- restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
Circumspectly
- adverb - in a cagey manner; "`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily"
Circumstanced
- - Placed in a particular position or condition; situated.
Circumstances
- noun - a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- a person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances"
- formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
Circumvallate
- verb - surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
Circumvection
- - The act of carrying anything around, or the state of being so carried.
Circumventing
- verb - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
- surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
Circumvention
- noun - the act of evading by going around
Circumventive
- - Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.