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noun
The act of flying round.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of surrounding with a military force; the creation of a cordon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Circulation; the act of moving around something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Vacillation; the act of changing one's mind repeatedly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable
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History
From Latin circumvolate, circumvolatum (“to fly around”), from circum + volare (“to fly”).
