circum
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Whats interesting is that we had plenty of evidence in these same circum stances as to what would work and what would not.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2015
In its romantic purity, this is a love that is outside time and circum stance, beyond good and evil.
From Time Magazine Archive
And without waiting to consult the inclinations of his comrades, Peter broke into the following wild strain with all the fervor of a half-crazed improvisatore: THE CORPSE-CANDLE Lambere flamma ταφος et circum funera pasci.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
As circum means round about, so circumspect means, of course, cautious, careful.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
Orfeo seeks to clasp 'his half regain'd Eurydice,' with the triumphant cry of Ovid holding the conquered Corinna in his arms: Ite triumphales circum mea tempora lauri.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
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