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Bible Dictionaries
Circle
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
(2):
(n.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
(3):
(n.) A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.
(4):
(n.) A round body; a sphere; an orb.
(5):
(n.) Compass; circuit; inclosure.
(6):
(v. i.) To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
(7):
(n.) A circular group of persons; a ring.
(8):
(n.) A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
(9):
(n.) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
(10):
(n.) Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
(11):
(n.) A territorial division or district.
(12):
(n.) A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
(13):
(n.) To move around; to revolve around.
(14):
(n.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Circle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/circle.html. 1828.
