About The Word Circumscribe
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Circumscribe
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What's The Definition Of Circumscribe?
[v] restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
[v] draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points" [v] to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect Synonyms | Synonyms for Circumscribe: confine | limit Related Terms | Find terms related to Circumscribe: abate | abbreviate | adjust to | alter | assuage | bar | bound | box | box in | box up | circle in | coarct | compact | compress | concentrate | condense | condition | confine | consolidate | constrict | constringe | contract | cramp | curtail | decrease | define | delimit | delimitate | demarcate | determine | diminish | divide | draw | draw in | draw together | enclose | fetter | fix | hamper | hedge | hedge about | hem | hem in | keep from spreading | keep within bounds | knit | lay off | leaven | limit | localize | mark boundaries | mark off | mark out | mark the periphery | mitigate | moderate | modify | modulate | narrow | palliate | pucker | pucker up | purse | qualify | reduce | regulate by | restrain | restrict | rope off | season | separate | set conditions | set limits | set the limit | shorten | soften | solidify | specify | stake out | stint | strangle | strangulate | surround | temper | tighten | trammel | wrinkle See Also | cap | content | curb | curtail | cut back | decrease | delimit | delimitate | delineate | demarcate | describe | draw | keep down | lessen | line | minify | number | outline | ration | restrict | trace Circumscribe In Webster's Dictionary \Cir`cum*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Circumscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumscribing}.] [L.
circumscribere, -scriptum; circum + scribere to write, draw.
See {Soribe}.]
1. to write or engrave around. [R.]
Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. --Ashmole.
2. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround;
to bound; to confine; to restrain.
To circumscribe royal power. --Bancroft.
3. (Geom.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain
points without cutting. See {Inscribe}, 5.
Syn: To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain;
environ; encircle; inclose; encompass.
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