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circumscribe
circumscribe /ˈsɜː.kəm.skraɪb/ aep /ˈsɝː-/ verb ↑Verb Endings for circumscribe
1 F0 [T often passive] FORMAL to limit something: » Their movements have been severely circumscribed since the laws came into effect.» There followed a series of tightly circumscribed visits to military installations.Thesaurus+: ↑Limiting and restricting , ↑Preventing and impeding2 F0 [T] SPECIALIZED If you circumscribe a triangle, square, etc., you draw a circle that surrounds it and touches each of its corners. Thesaurus+: ↑Enclosing, surrounding and immersing |