circumgyrate

== English == === Alternative forms === circumgyre (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin circumgȳrō; equivalent to circum- +‎ gyrate. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌsə.kəmˈdʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌsɝ.kəmˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/ === Verb === circumgyrate (third-person singular simple present circumgyrates, present participle circumgyrating, simple past and past participle circumgyrated) (intransitive) To move around something. Synonym: orbit (transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit. (intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point. Synonyms: revolve, rotate, spin (transitive) To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point. Synonyms: rotate, spin (intransitive) To make circuits (around an area or space). (intransitive) To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something). 1850, Oliver Tiffany, Canada Patent No. 298,“Certain improvement in the apparatus for warming houses,” Patents of Canada, from 1849 to 1855, Volume 2, Toronto, 1865,[10] […] it circumgyrates round the stove, and exposes its large surfaces to the air warming space […] (transitive) To form into a bent or curved shape. Synonyms: contort, twine, twist, wreathe ==== Related terms ==== circumgyration circumgyratory ==== References ====