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Variant of circumscribe

circumscribe Definition

cir·cum·scribe (sʉrkəm skrīb′, sʉr′kəm skrīb)

transitive verb circumscribed -·scribed′, circumscribing -·scrib′·ing

  1. to trace a line around; encircle; encompass
    1. to set or mark off the limits of; limit; confine
    2. to restrict the action of; restrain
  2. Geom.
    1. to draw a plane figure around (another plane figure) either to intersect each vertex of the inner figure, as a circle around a square, or to have each side of the outer figure tangent to the inner figure, as a square around a circle
    2. to enclose a solid figure within (another solid figure) in a similar manner, as a cube within a sphere or a sphere within a cube

Etymology: ME circumscriben < L circumscribere: see circum- & scribe

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