circumscribe
21circumscribe — v. a. 1. Bound, encircle, surround, enclose. 2. Confine, restrict, limit, keep within bounds …
22circumscribe — verb (T) 1 (often passive) formal to limit power, rights, or abilities; restrict: All our minds are heavily circumscribed by habit. 2 technical to draw a line around something: a circle circumscribed by a square circumscription noun (U) …
23circumscribe — , circumscription. Defined limits of a taxon as determined by an author; sum of individuals within those limits …
24circumscribe — v 1. surround, encircle, circle, encompass, environ, outline, delineate; gird, engird, girdle, belt; circumvent, entrap. 2. bound, limit, confine, shut in, fence in, pen in, hem in, keep within bounds; restrict, curb, proscribe, prohibit, bar,… …
25circumscribe — cir·cum·scribe …
26circumscribe — cir•cum•scribe [[t]ˈsɜr kəmˌskraɪb, ˌsɜr kəmˈskraɪb[/t]] v. t. scribed, scrib•ing 1) to draw a line around; encircle 2) to enclose within bounds, esp. narrow ones; restrict 3) to mark off; define; delimit 4) math. a) to draw (a figure) around… …
27circumscribe — /ˈsɜkəmskraɪb / (say serkuhmskruyb), /sɜkəmˈskraɪb / (say serkuhm skruyb) verb (t) (circumscribed, circumscribing) 1. to draw a line round; encircle; surround. 2. to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly. 3. to mark off;… …
28circumscribe — v.t. enclose; limit. ♦ circumscription, n. ♦ circumscriptive, a …
29circumscribe — v.tr. 1 (of a line etc.) enclose or outline. 2 lay down the limits of; confine, restrict. 3 Geom. draw (a figure) round another, touching it at points but not cutting it (cf. INSCRIBE). Derivatives: circumscribable adj. circumscriber n.… …
30Circumscribed — 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. to write or engrave around. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
