Obs. Also -tion. [ad. L. circumversiōn-em, n. of action f. circumvertĕre: see next.] A turning round or about.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, IV. 47. They are auayleable for circumuertion, yet besides they moue the eye both vpward and downward.
1649. Bulwer, Pathomyot., II. i. 71. By a circumversion of your Head. [In mod. Dicts.]