Circled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circle \Cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Circling}.] [OE. cerclen, F. cercler, fr. L. circulare to
     make round. See {Circle}, n., and cf. {Circulate}.]
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     1. To move around; to revolve around.
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              Other planets circle other suns.      --Pope.
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     2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to
        encircle. --Prior. Pope.
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              Their heads are circled with a short turban.
                                                    --Dampier.
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              So he lies, circled with evil.        --Coleridge.
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     {To circle in}, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as,
        to circle bodies in. --Sir K. Digby.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circled \Cir"cled\, a.
     Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her
     circled orb." --Shak.
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