v. [f. L. circumvolūt-, ppl. stem of circumvolvĕre to roll round, or ? ad. L. frequentative circumvolūtāre.]
1. trans. To roll or curl round. Also fig.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physicke, 115/2. Vineleaves … and those little circumvolutede sprigges which growe on the branches.
1790. Burns, Let. Cuningham, 13 Feb. I can antithesize … sentiment, and circumvolute periods, as well as any coiner of phrase.
2. To enclose or enwrap by twisting or winding something round.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physicke, 61/1. Take past, and circumvolute the glasse therin.
1828. J. Wilson, in Blackw. Mag., XXIV. 288. With the aid of circumvoluting twine. Ibid. (1830), XXVIII. 519. A wearied wasp, lying like a silkworm, circumvoluted in the inextricable toils.
