English Explanatory Dictionary

circumvolation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of flying round.
  2. The act of surrounding with a military force; the creation of a cordon.
  3. Circulation; the act of moving around something.
  4. Vacillation; the act of changing one's mind repeatedly.

Word forms

circumvolation circumvolations

Etymology

From Latin circumvolate, circumvolatum (“to fly around”), from circum + volare (“to fly”).

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