Circumstanced

cir·cum·stance  (sûrkm-stns)

n.

1. A condition or fact attending an event and having some bearing on it; a determining or modifying factor.

2. A condition or fact that determines or must be considered in the determining of a course of action.

3. The sum of determining factors beyond willful control. Often used in the plural: a victim of circumstance; work that will begin on Monday if circumstances permit.

4. circumstances Financial status or means: "Prior came of a good family, much reduced in circumstances" (George Sherburn).

5. Detail accompanying or surrounding an event, as in a narrative or series of events.

6. Formal display; ceremony: the pomp and circumstance of a coronation.

7. A particular incident or occurrence: Your arrival was a fortunate circumstance. See Synonyms at occurrence.

tr.v. cir·cum·stanced, cir·cum·stanc·ing, cir·cum·stanc·es

To place in particular circumstances or conditions; situate.

Idioms:

under no circumstances

In no case; never.

under/in the circumstances

Given these conditions; such being the case.

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[Middle English, from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia, from circumstns, circumstant-, present participle of circumstre, to stand around : circum-, circum- + stre, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots.]