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circe
/ˈsɝ.si/
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What does circe mean?
proper noun
- An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.
- A woman having the characteristics of Circe; an enchantress.
- 34 Circe, a main belt asteroid.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A chess variant, often used in fairy chess problems, where pieces return to their starting square after being captured.
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If the vulgar crew of the vessel of Ulysses were by Circe changed into brutes, so was not their commander.
See, how the ugly witch doth bend her brows, As if with Circe she would change my shape!
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The first authority of the day on art needlework, she used to expound her ideas on the looms of the world from those of Circe to those of Mrs. Wheeler of New York.
As soon as the drop of the door left open the way, he shot through, he spread those wonderful blazoned wings, and, with no second thought for the latest Circe, sprang from the hated prison loft--away and away.
‘Tis for custom to give a form to a man’s life, such as it pleases him; she is all in all in that: ‘tis the potion of Circe, that varies our nature as she best pleases.