circumscribe

[Cir`cum*scribe·]

To circumscribe is to limit or restrict. If you spend too much time watching TV instead of fulfilling other obligations, you might circumscribe your TV watching time to one hour daily (or two hours, if your favorite show is on).

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to write or engare around.

Verb
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

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draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"

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


v. t.
to write or engrave around.

v. t.
To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.

v. t.
To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.


Circumscribe

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 engare around. [R.]
Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph.
2. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.
To circumscribe royal power.
3. (Geom.) 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.

to write or engare around.

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