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circumscribe

[ sur-kuhm-skrahyb, sur-kuhm-skrahyb ]

verb (used with object)

circumscribed, circumscribing.
  1. to draw a line around; encircle:

    to circumscribe a city on a map.

  2. to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly:

    Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  3. to mark off; define; delimit:

    to circumscribe the area of a science.

  4. Geometry.
    1. to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible.
    2. (of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner.


circumscribe

/ ˌsɜːkəmˈskraɪb; ˈsɜːkəmˌskraɪb /

verb

  1. to restrict within limits
  2. to mark or set the bounds of
  3. to draw a geometric construction around (another construction) so that the two are in contact but do not intersect Compare inscribe
  4. to draw a line round
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

circumscribe

/ ûə-ī′ /

  1. To draw a figure around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible. A circle that is circumscribed around a triangle touches it at each of the triangle's three vertices.
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܳˈ, noun
  • ˌܳˈ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • cܳ·a· adjective
  • cܳ·e noun
  • ԴDz·cܳ· adjective
  • ܲc·ܳ·a· adjective
  • ܲ·cܳ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of circumscribe1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ܳī, equivalent to circum- circum- + ī to write
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of circumscribe1

C15: from Latin ܳī, from circum- + ī to write
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Theo is born at an inopportune time for Jews, whose rights are increasingly circumscribed in the country.

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In a place long circumscribed by disaster, Bass is facing a catastrophe with financial and logistical burdens that will likely dwarf the combined fallout from the 1994 Northridge earthquake and the 1992 civil unrest.

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Project 2025, the conservative playbook organized by the Heritage Foundation, calls for the EPA’s structure and mission to be “greatly circumscribed.”

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Perhaps anyone could guess as much, but what a layman might never know without Stanford’s book is that our busy roads severely circumscribe the territory cougars can roam, leading to isolation and inbreeding.

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As befits a creation story, “Furiosa” tracks Furiosa from childhood to young adulthood, a downward spiral that takes her from freedom to captivity and, in time, circumscribed sovereignty.

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