circle is a Noun
[1] A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.
[2] The line that bounds sush a figure; a circumference; a ring.
[3] An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
[4] A round body; a sphere; an orb. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth. Is. xi. 22.
[5] Compass; circuit; inclosure. In the circle of this forest. Shak.
[6] A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set. As his name gradually became known, the circle of his acquaintance widened. Macaulay.
[7] A circular group of persons; a ring.
[8] A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself. Thus in a circle runs the peasant`s pain. Dryden.
[9] A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning. That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again, that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches nothing. Glanvill.
[10] Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.] Has he given the lie, In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. J. Fletcher.
[11] A territorial division or district.
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