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The men placed the wagons in a great circle, and within the circle was our fire and supper.

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  1. noun A plane curve everywhere equidistant from a given fixed point, the center.
  2. noun A planar region bounded by a circle.
  3. noun Something, such as a ring, shaped like such a plane curve.
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ring ·  line ·  group ·  band ·  area ·  mass ·  sphere ·  shadow ·  picture ·  pattern ·  row ·  square

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circle:   circles ·  circled ·  circling
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  1. Middle English cercle, from Old French, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus, circle, from Greek kirkos, krikos; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. The spelling with i is due to modern imitation of the Latin; from Middle English cercle, sercle, from Old French cercle, French cercle = Provencal cercle, sercle = Spanish círculo = Portuguese circulo = Italian circolo, also cerchio, = Anglo-Saxon circul, circol = D. Swedish Danish cirkel = Old High German zirkil, Middle High German G. zirkel, from Latin circulus, a circle (in nearly all senses), diminutive of circus = Greek κίρκος, usually κρίκος, a circle, a ring (perhaps = Anglo-Saxon hring, English ring, q. v.): see circus.
  2. from Middle English cerclen, from Old French cercler = Provencal celclar = Spanish Portuguese circular = Italian circolare, also cerchiare, = German zirkeln = Swedish cirkla = Danish cirkle, from Late Latin circulare, make circular, encircle, from Latin circulus, circle: see circle, n.
 

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