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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Circumstance \Cir"cum*stance\, v. t. To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents. The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them after his own manner. --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Circumstance \Cir"cum*stance\, n. [L. circumstantia, fr circumstans, -antis, p. pr of circumstare to stand around circum + stare to stand See {Stand}.] 1. That which attends, or relates to or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened. --W. Irving. 2. An event; a fact a particular incident. The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in history. --Addison. 3. Circumlocution; detail. [Obs.] So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit that we shake hands and part --Shak. 4. pl Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. --Addison. {Not a circumstance}, of no account. [Colloq.] {Under the circumstances}, taking all things into consideration. Syn: Event; occurrence; incident; situation; condition; position; fact detail; item. See {Event}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: circumstance n 1: a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity 2: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" [syn: {context}] 3: information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" [syn: {condition}, {consideration}]
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