CIRCUMSCRIBE

limit, circumscribe, confine to

(verb) restrict or confine within limits; “I limit you to two visits to the pub a day”; “please confine your questions to the topic”; “our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born”

circumscribe

(verb) draw a line around; “He drew a circle around the points”

circumscribe

(verb) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

circumscribe (third-person singular simple present circumscribes, present participle circumscribing, simple past and past participle circumscribed)

To draw a line around; to encircle.

To limit narrowly; to restrict.

(geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cir`cum*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumscribing.] Etym: [L. circumscribere, -scriptum; circum + scribere to write, draw. See Soribe.]

1. to write or engare 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.)

Definition: To draw a line around si as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.

Syn.

– To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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