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Circ (?), n. [See Circus.]
An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus. [R.]
T. Warton.

||Cir*car" (?), n. [See
Sircar.] A district, or part of a province. See
Sircar. [India]

Cir*cas"sian (?), a. Of or
pertaining to Circassia, in Asia. -- n.
A native or inhabitant of Circassia.

Cir*ce"an (?), a. [L.
Circaeus.] Having the characteristics of Circe,
daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who
first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of
beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean
draught.

{ Cir*cen"sial (?), Cir*cen"sian (?), }
a. [L. Circensis, ludi Circenses,
the games in the Circus Maximus.] Of or pertaining to, or
held in, the Circus, In Rome.

The pleasure of the Circensian shows.

Holyday.

Cir"ci*nal (?), a. [Gr. &?; a
circle.] (Bot.) Circinate.

Cir"ci*nate (?), a. [L.
circinatus, p. p. of circinare to make round, fr.


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