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The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

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  1. n. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
  2. n. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
  3. n. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
  4. n. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
  5. n. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
  6. n. A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
  7. n. A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
  8. n. Circumlocution.
  9. v. i. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
  10. v. t. To travel around.
  11. n. an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
  12. n. a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area