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| | circumstantial | adj. ตามสถานการณ์, ตามสภาพแวดล้อม, ไม่สำคัญ, บังเอิญ, เป็นรอง, ละเอียด, โดยเฉพาะ, ทุกแง่ทุกมุม, Syn. provisional -A.definite | | circumstantiate | (เซอคัมสแทน'ชิเอท) vt. ยืนยัน, เสนอข้ออ้างอิงเพื่อยืนยัน, อธิบายอย่างละเอียดทุกแง่ทุกมุม, See also: circumstantiation n. ดูcircumstantiate | | uncircumstantial | (อันเซอคัมสแทน'เชิล) adj. ไม่ใช่ข้อปลีกย่อย, ไม่ละเอียดลออ |
| | circumstantial | (adj) สุดแต่โอกาส, ตามสถานการณ์, ตามสภาพแวดล้อม, กล่าวโดยละเอียด |
| | | แวดล้อม | [waētløm] (adj) EN: circumstantial |
| | | | | | circumstant | a. [ L. circumstans. See Circumstance. ] Standing or placed around; surrounding. [ R. ] “Circumstant bodies.” Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ] | | circumstantiable | pos>a. Capable of being circumstantiated. [ Obs. ] Jer Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Circumstantial | n. Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] | | circumstantial | a. [ Cf. F. circonstanciel. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents. [ 1913 Webster ] The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Incidental; relating to, but not essential. [ 1913 Webster ] We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship . . . and what is merely circumstantial. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular. [ 1913 Webster ] Tedious and circumstantial recitals. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Circumstantial evidence (Law), evidence obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption. According to some authorities circumstantial is distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support. All testimony is more or less circumstantial. Wharton.
Syn. -- See Minute. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Circumstantiality | n. The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. “I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Circumstantially | adv. 1. In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally. [ 1913 Webster ] Of the fancy and intellect, the powers are only circumstantially different. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. In every circumstance or particular; minutely. [ 1913 Webster ] To set down somewhat circumstantially, not only the events, but the manner of my trials. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Circumstantiate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Circumstantiated p. pr. & vb. n. Circumstantiating ] [ See Circumstantiating (&unr_;). ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning. [ 1913 Webster ] Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. State Trials (1661). [ 1913 Webster ] |
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