circumscribe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To draw a line around; to encircle.
To limit narrowly; to restrict.
To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

/ˈsɜː.kəm.skɹaɪb/ /ˈsɝ.kəm.skɹaɪb/ en-us-circumscribe.ogg en-au-circumscribe.ogg

circumscribe circumscribes circumscribing circumscribed

From Latin circumscrībō, from circum (“around”) + scrībō (“write”). By surface analysis, circum- + scribe.

circumscribed circumscript circumscription

circumscribability circumscribable circumscriber

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