circumvolve vs rotate what difference

what is difference between circumvolve and rotate

English

Etymology

Latin circumvolvere

Verb

circumvolve (third-person singular simple present circumvolves, present participle circumvolving, simple past and past participle circumvolved)

1. (intransitive) To revolve or move around something.
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     The oracle is now about to be
     Fulfilled by circumvolving destiny;
     Which says: “Thebes, choose reform or civil war,
     When through your streets, instead of hare with dogs,
     A Consort Queen shall hunt a King with Hogs,
     Riding upon the IONIAN MINOTAUR.”

2. (transitive) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.
   • 1647, Robert Herrick, “Upon Master Fletcher’s Incomparable Plays”, in Comedies and Tragedies by Beaumont & Fletcher

     […] we circumvolve our Eyes […]

References

• “circumvolve.” Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 19 Nov. 2009. Dictionary.com article.

Latin

Verb

circumvolve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of circumvolvō

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotātus, perfect passive participle of rotō (“revolve”), from rota (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rōtāt’, IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈteɪt/
• (US) enPR: rō’tāt, IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊteɪt/

Verb

rotate (third-person singular simple present rotates, present participle rotating, simple past and past participle rotated)

1. (intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.

   He rotated in his chair to face me.

2. (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.

   The nurses’ shifts rotate each week.

3. (intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.

   The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.

4. (transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.

   Rotate the dial to the left.

5. (transitive) To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
   • 1975, Architectural Digest (volume 32, page 112)

     I’ve always admired the Japanese point of view that holds it best not to have a great number of objects around at one time but to rotate possessions — and display them with great simplicity.

6. (transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.

   The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don’t sit around.

7. (transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.

Synonyms

• (to turn) revolve
• (to make turn) circumvolve

Derived terms

• rotation
• rotatable

Related terms

• rota

Translations

Adjective

rotate (not comparable)

1. Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

   a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla

Anagrams

• terato-, totear

Italian

Verb

rotate

1. inflection of rotare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of rotato

Anagrams

• attero, attore, ettaro, oretta, ottare, teatro, terato-

Latin

Verb

rotāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of rotō

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