v. Obs. [f. L. circumlāt- ppl. stem of circumferre to bear or bring round.] trans. To carry or bring round; spec. to turn or ‘fetch’ round (a limb). Also intr. Hence † Circumlation [late L. circumlātio], bringing or moving round; † Circumlatory a., of or pertaining to circumlation; roundabout, circumlocutory.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, IV. 58. The one legge fastened one the earth, and the other … circumlated. Ibid. To circumlate or fetch about is the action of the whole legge.
1656. Hobbes, Decam., v. Wks. VII. 113. This compounded motion of the sun, is one part of its circumlation.
1639. Saltmarshe, Policy, 98. How you may use circumlatory speeches.
