circumgyrate UK /ˌsə.kəmˈdʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/US /ˌsɝ.kəmˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/ verb7 •To move around something.Only an incident in the sun’s system is eight small potatoes, called planets, circumgyrating at distances from 36 million to 2,791 million miles from the central sun. — 1926 •To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.The soul about it self circumgyrates Her various forms, — 1642 •To make circuits (around an area or space).[…] the philosopher with his long white hair hanging down his shoulders, either writing in his library or “circumnavigating” round his garden […] — 1899 •To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point. •To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.[…] a wheel, when circumgyrated upon its Axe, is sensibly moved, but not removed from one place to another. — 1654 •To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).[…] it circumgyrates round the stove, and exposes its large surfaces to the air warming space […] — 1850 •To form into a bent or curved shape.You can’t begin to try to tell him till you’ve clean circumgyrated yourself away down into his confidence. — 1894 formscircumgyrated · circumgyrating · circumgyrates