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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 engrave around [R.]
Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. --Ashmole.
2. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in to surround;
to bound; to confine; to restrain.
To circumscribe royal power. --Bancroft.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
circumscribed
adj 1: subject to limits or subjected to limits [syn: {limited}]
2: showing or determining a boundary; "it is impossible to
specify a clearly circumscribed (or delimited) area for
any particular science" [syn: {delimited}]
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