v. [f. L. circumdūct-, ppl. stem of circumdūcĕre: see prec.]

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  1.  trans. † a. In general sense: To lead or convey round or about. Obs. b. Phys. To carry or move round an axis.

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1599.  Nashe, Lenten Stuffe (1871), 88. About and about the inward and base court they circumducted him.

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1624.  Heywood, Gunaik., II. 99. One Martha, whom Marcius most honourablie circumducted in a horse-litter.

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1839–47.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 790/1. The recti muscles are … capable of circumducting the cornea in all directions.

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1885.  T. Holmes, Surgery (ed. 3), I. 1077. The thigh should be … circumducted inwards.

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  2.  Law. To cancel, annul. (Cf. CIRCUMDUCE 2.)

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1726.  Ayliffe, Parerg., 28. Acts of Judicature may be cancelled and circumducted by the Will … of the Judge. Ibid., 196. The citation may be circumducted in Judgment, tho’ the Defendant should not appear.

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