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prep. - Around or about.

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Usage examples (17)
  • Hic autem Imperator quando sublimatus est in regnum videbatur esse circiter xl. vel xlv. annorum.
  • Can, quarum quælibet in se continet circiter 6. millia ciuitatum, præter villas non numeratas quæ sunt Velut ábsque numero.
  • Can, quarum qu鎙ibet in se continet circiter 6. millia ciuitatum, pr鎡er villas non numeratas qu� sunt Velut 醔sque numero.
  • Ciceronis ætatem fere attigit, mansitque annos circiter CCCL.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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