Circumgyrate

Quick meaning: Circumgyrate is a verb meaning (intransitive) To move around something.

Meaning

(intransitive) To move around something.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.
2. (intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
3. (transitive) To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
4. (intransitive) To make circuits (around an area or space).
5. (intransitive) To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).
6. (transitive) To form into a bent or curved shape.

Example Sentences

The soul about it self circumgyrates Her various forms,

[…] a wheel, when circumgyrated upon its Axe, is sensibly moved, but not removed from one place to another.

Volyendesta is a watery planet, with a large, rapidly circumgyrating moon afflicting its inhabitants with a vast variety of unstable moods […]

[…] the philosopher with his long white hair hanging down his shoulders, either writing in his library or “circumnavigating” round his garden […]

Word Forms

• circumgyrates
• circumgyrating
• circumgyrated
• circumgyre

Synonyms for circumgyrate

Depending on context, synonyms include orbit, revolve, rotate, spin, contort, twine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include circumvolve, circumrotate, go round, circumagitate, circle, circumundulate.

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