circumduce

See circumduct.

circumduce (third-person singular simple present circumduces, present participle circumducing, simple past and past participle circumduced)

1. (archaic, law, Scotland, transitive) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.
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     But come, Dominie, I have allowed you a competent space to express your feelings. I must circumduce the term; you must let me proceed in my examination.

circumduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

circumdūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of circumdūcō