circuition

English

Etymology

From Latin circuitiōnem, from circuīre. Compare circuit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səːkjʊˈɪʃ(ə)n/

Noun

circuition (plural circuitions)

1. (archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , II.12:

     Democritus would sometimes say, that the images and their circuitions were Gods, and othertimes this Nature, which disperseth these images; and then our knowledge and intelligence.