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Round about
(gcide) | Round \Round\, prep.
On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around;
about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city;
to wind a cable round a windlass.
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The serpent Error twines round human hearts. --Cowper.
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Round about, an emphatic form for round or about. "Moses .
. . set them [The elders] round about the tabernacle."
--Num. xi. 24.
To come round, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a
person) by flattery or deception. [Colloq.]
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Round about
(gcide) | About \A*bout"\, adv.
1. On all sides; around.
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'Tis time to look about. --Shak.
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2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the
outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
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3. Here and there; around; in one place and another.
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Wandering about from house to house. --1 Tim. v.
13.
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4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in
quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as
high; -- also of quantity, number, time. "There fell . . .
about three thousand men." --Exod. xxii. 28.
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5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite
direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to
turn one's self about.
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To bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish.
To come about, to occur; to take place. See under Come.
To go about, To set about, to undertake; to arrange; to
prepare. "Shall we set about some revels?" --Shak.
Round about, in every direction around.
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