† deˈcircinate, v. Obs.
[f. L. dēcircinā-re to round off, f. de- I. 2, 3 + circin-us circle.]
To round off, form into a circle.
| 1656 in Blount Glossogr. [but wrongly explained]. 1686 Goad Celest. Bodies i. v. 14 He [the Sun] imprinteth his Face on the Roscid Cloud, and decircinates the Iris with his Pencil. Ibid. ii. xiii. 337 If the {moonfq} decircinates the Circle. 1721 Bailey, Decircinate, to bring into a compass or roundness: to draw a Circle with a pair of Compasses. |
Hence † decirciˈnation.
| 1731 in Bailey vol. II. |