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Webster 1913 Edition

(sẽr′kŭm-stănt)

Adj.

[L.

circumstans

. See

Standing or placed around; surrounding.

[R.]

“Circumstant bodies.”

Sir K. Digby.

Adj.

Surrounding.

circumstant ‎(comparative more circumstant, superlative most circumstant)

Standing or placed around; surrounding.
- Sir K. Digby
  Circumstant bodies.

circumstant