Cause+to+turn+round

  • 71turn about — I. verb Etymology: turn (I) + about, adverb intransitive verb : to face about : reverse one s position, direction, course, or policy transitive verb …

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  • 72Round about — About A*bout , adv. 1. On all sides; around. [1913 Webster] Tis time to look about. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. [1913 Webster] 3. Here… …

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  • 73To bring up any one with a round turn — Bring Bring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bringing}.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to …

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  • 74To come round — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …

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  • 75Proposed Indian Round Table Conference 1922 — Descriptions of what happened vary greatly (listed from the most to least probable) 1. Malaviya Proposed Round Table, The Viceroy Lord Reading Agreed, Mahatma Gandhi Sabotages the Idea [http://www.houseofdavid.ca/Ind uni.htm#Read Read p 194 5]… …

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  • 76roll — /roʊl / (say rohl) verb (i) 1. to move along a surface by turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel. 2. to move or be moved on wheels, as a vehicle or its occupants. 3. to move onwards or advance in a stream or with an undulating motion, as… …

  • 77revolve — [c]/rəˈvɒlv / (say ruh volv) verb (revolved, revolving) –verb (i) 1. to turn round or rotate, as on an axis. 2. to move in a circular or curving course, or orbit. 3. to proceed in a round or cycle. 4. to come round in the process of time. 5. to… …

  • 78rotate — I. /roʊˈteɪt / (say roh tayt) verb (rotated, rotating) –verb (t) 1. to cause to turn round like a wheel on its axis. 2. to cause to go through a round of changes; cause to pass or follow in a fixed routine of succession: to rotate crops. –verb… …

  • 79whirl — /wɜl / (say werl) verb (i) 1. to turn round, spin, or rotate rapidly. 2. to turn about or aside quickly. 3. to move, travel, or be carried rapidly along on wheels or otherwise. 4. to have the sensation of turning round rapidly. –verb (t) 5. to… …

  • 80revolve — I. v. n. 1. Rotate, wheel, turn, roll round an axis, turn round. 2. Circle, move round a centre. 3. Pass away in cycles. 4. Fall back, return, devolve. II. v. a. 1. Cause to turn round, circulate. 2. Consider …

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