[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

circumscribe \cir`cumscribe"\, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   circumscribed; p. pr.  vb. n. circumscribing. l.
   circumscribere, -scriptum; circum + scribere to write, draw.
   see soribe.
   1913 webster
   1. to write or engrave around. r.
      1913 webster

            thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. --ashmole.
      1913 webster

   2. to inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround;
      to bound; to confine; to restrain.
      1913 webster

            to circumscribe royal power.          --bancroft.
      1913 webster

   3. geom. to draw a line around so as to touch at certain
      points without cutting. see inscribe, 5.

   syn: to bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain;
        environ; encircle; inclose; encompass.
        1913 webster
see also:
circumscribed circumscribing soribe inscribe 

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