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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Circumvolution

· Cir·cum·vo·lu·tion · IPA
01 n. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.
  1. 1.
    The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.
  2. 2.
    A thing rolled round another.
  3. 3.
    A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.
    “He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions.” — Beaconsfield.