circum
Example Sentences
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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
Choosing, const. w. verbs of, 177, 1-3. circā, circiter, circum, preps. w. acc.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
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 Greg, Walter W.
As circum means round about, so circumspect means, of course, cautious, careful.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
