[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

round \round\, prep.
   on every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around;
   about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city;
   to wind a cable round a windlass.
   1913 webster

         the serpent error twines round human hearts. --cowper.
   1913 webster

   round about, an emphatic form for round or about. "moses .
      . . set them the elders round about the tabernacle."
      --num. xi. 24.

   to come round, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, a
      person by flattery or deception. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
round about to come round 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

about \about"\, adv.
   1. on all sides; around.
      1913 webster

            'tis time to look about.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. in circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the
      outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
      1913 webster

   3. here and there; around; in one place and another.
      1913 webster

            wandering about from house to house.  --1 tim. v.
                                                  13.
      1913 webster

   4. nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in
      quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as
      high; -- also of quantity, number, time. "there fell . . .
      about three thousand men." --exod. xxii. 28.
      1913 webster

   5. to a reserved position; half round; in the opposite
      direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to
      turn one's self about.
      1913 webster

   to bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish.

   to come about, to occur; to take place. see under come.
      

   to go about, to set about, to undertake; to arrange; to
      prepare. "shall we set about some revels?" --shak.

   round about, in every direction around.
      1913 webster
see also:
to bring about to come about come to go about to set about round about 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

47 moby thesaurus words for "round about":
   about, again, all over, all round, all through, anticlockwise,
   around, at about, back, backward, by, by way of, circlewise,
   circuitously, clockwise, close, close about, counterclockwise,
   deviously, every which way, everywhence, everywhere, everywhither,
   from every quarter, head over heels, heels over head, in a circle,
   in a spin, in a whirl, in all directions, in circles,
   in every quarter, in reverse, in the neighborhood, in the vicinity,
   indirectly, obliquely, on every side, over, passing by,
   passing through, round, round and round, through, throughout, via,
   widdershins

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