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An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the
celestial spheres. |
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An interval of time in which a certain succession of events
or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly
and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by
the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or
of the year. |
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An age; a long period of time. |
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An orderly list for a given time; a calendar. |
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The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the
hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular
theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round
Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins. |
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One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set
of leaves. |
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A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede. |
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To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cycles. |
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To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle. |