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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Round \Round\, v. i.
1. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness,
completeness, or perfection.
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The queen your mother rounds apace. --Shak.
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So rounds he to a separate mind,
From whence clear memory may begin. --Tennyson.
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2. To go round, as a guard. [Poetic]
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They . . . nightly rounding walk. --Milton.
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3. To go or turn round; to wheel about. --Tennyson.
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To round to (Naut.), to turn the head of a ship toward the
wind.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
They . . . nightly rounding walk. --Milton.
3. To go or turn round; to wheel about. --Tennyson.
To round to (Naut.), to turn the head of a ship toward the
wind.