| 单词 |
circumscriptive |
| 释义 |
circumscriptive, a. ? Obs.|sɜːkəmˈskrɪptɪv| [f. L. circumscrīpt- ppl. stem of circumscrībĕre + -ive.] 1. Pertaining to, or having the attribute of, ‘circumscription’ (sense 2) or limitation in space.
1565Jewel Repl. Harding (1611) 258 To declare the maner of Christs Presence in the Sacrament, he saith, it is not Locall, not Circumscriptiue. 1657Hobbes Absurd Geom. Wks. 1845 VII. 385 Definitive or circumscriptive, and some other of your distinctions..are but snares. 1691E. Taylor Behmen's Theos. Philos. xxii. 36 That flesh (though now glorified) remains a Circumscriptive Creature. 1765Law Behmen's Myst. Magn. xliii. (1772) 252 Is he then Circumscriptive? 2. Pertaining to the ‘circumscription’ (sense 3) or outline.
a1711Grew (J.), Stones regular are distinguished by their external forms: such as is circumscriptive, or depending upon the whole stone, as in the eaglestone, is properly called the figure. |

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