| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cir·cum·spect |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sûr k m-sp kt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin circumspectus, past participle of circumspicere, to take heed : circum-, circum- + specere, to look; see spek- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | circum·spectly —ADVERB
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