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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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verb
To lead about or astray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To contravene; to nullify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: law
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verb
Alternative form of circumduce (“to close a case to further proof”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: law
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History
From Latin circumductus, past participle of circumducere (“to lead around”), from circum + ducere (“to lead”).
