circumscribe
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From Latin circumscrībō, from circum (“around”) + scrībō (“write”).
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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.
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to draw a line around; encircle
to limit narrowly; restrict
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to draw a circle, sphere, or higher-dimensional ball
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circumscrībe
- second-person singular present active imperative of circumscrībō
