v. Obs. Also in 5 sircue. [ad. F. circuir, ad. L. circuīre to go round: see CIRCUIT sb.]
1. trans. To surround, encircle.
c. 1530. Ld. Berners, Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814), 44. The mountaynes circued the mares.
2. To make the circuit of, to go or travel round.
c. 1450. Lonelich, Grail, xxx. 43. With this Book I have Sircvit þe world abowte.
1494. Fabyan, I. iv. 10. Circuyd and serched the lande ouer all. Ibid., V. cxxxi. 114. He … circued his lande in ministryng iustyce to all persones.
