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51bound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. limit, confine, delimit, demarcate; leap, spring, vault. See certainty, duty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Literally confined in bonds] Syn. fettered, shackled, trussed up, manacled, chained, enchained …
52confine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. imprison, incarcerate, immure, jail, detain; cage, pen; restrict, bound, limit. See circumscription, enclosure, restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To keep shut up] Syn. imprison, immure, shut in,… …
53define — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. explain, interpret; prescribe; describe, circumscribe, limit, demarcate. See interpretation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To set limits] Syn. delimit, demarcate, fix, settle, bound, confine, limit,… …
54enclose — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To shut in all around] Syn. confine, contain, surround, hem in, encircle, encompass, envelop, close in, shut in, circumscribe, corral, impound, blockade, picket, block off, fence in, fence off, set apart, lock up, imprison,… …
55Contraction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Contraction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 contraction contraction reduction diminution Sgm: N 1 decrease decrease &c. 36 of size Sgm: N 1 defalcation defalcation decrement Sgm: N 1 lessening …
56Circumscription — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Circumscription >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 circumscription circumscription limitation inclosure Sgm: N 1 confinement confinement &c.(restraint) 751 Sgm: N 1 circumvallation circumvallation Sgm: N 1 encincture… …
57circumscription — (n.) 1530s, from L. circumscriptionem (nom. circumscriptio) an encircling; fact of being held to set limits, noun of action from pp. stem of circumscribere (see CIRCUMSCRIBE (Cf. circumscribe)). Figurative sense of setting limits of meaning is… …
58encompass — verb 1) the apartment buildings encompass common recreational grounds, complete with swimming pool and tennis court Syn: surround, enclose, encircle, circumscribe, bound, border; literary gird, engird; rare compass See note at circumscribe 2) the …
59surround — verb we were surrounded by cops Syn: encircle, enclose, encompass, ring; fence in, hem in, confine, bound, circumscribe, cut off; besiege, trap See note at circumscribe …
60limit# — limit n Limit, bound, confine, end, term are comparable when they mean an actual or imaginary line beyond which a thing does not or cannot extend. Limit is the most inclusive of these terms because it carries no necessary implication of number,… …
