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
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
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
9 October 2024
(noun) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; “it was heated to evaporate the volatiles”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
