circumscribe
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circumscribe
- /ˈsɜː.kəm.skɹaɪb/ UK
- /ˈsɝ.kəm.skɹaɪb/ US
Rhymes with -aɪb
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From Latin circumscrībō, from circum (“around”) + scrībō (“write”). By surface analysis, circum- + scribe.
verb circumscribes · circumscribing · circumscribed
- To draw a line around; to encircle.
- To limit narrowly; to restrict. "Well, I promise you to circumscribe her conquests as much as possible by extending my own," returned Henrietta. "It will be an easy task; for Miss Churchill does not do 'the honours of her eyes.' I often tell her her beauty is quite wasted upon her."
- To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
