round about
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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.
The serpent Error twines round human hearts. --Cowper.
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.]
A·bout, adv.
1. On all sides; around.
'Tis time to look about. --Shak.
2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
3. Here and there; around; in one place and another.
Wandering about from house to house. --1 Tim. v. 13.
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.”
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.
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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