Definition of circumscribe

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Circumscribe (v. t.) to write or engrave around.

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Encompass :: Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world..
Circumcenter :: Circumcenter (n.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.
Circumscriptive :: Circumscriptive (a.) Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.
Circumscribed :: Circumscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Circumscrib.
Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5..
Roseola :: Roseola (n.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash..
Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor..
Insular :: Insular (a.) Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices..
Circumscribable :: Circumscribable (a.) Capable of being circumscribed.
Limited :: Limited (a.) Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
Chalazion :: Chalazion (n.) A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands..
Facet :: Facet (n.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone..
Circumscriptible :: Circumscriptible (a.) Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.
Circumscriber :: Circumscriber (n.) One who, or that which, circumscribes..
Areolet :: Areolet (n.) A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins..
Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) to write or engrave around.
Jungermannia :: "Jungermannia (n.) A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the order, which is sometimes therefore called Jungermanniaceae..
Incircumscriptible :: Incircumscriptible (a.) Incapable of being circumscribed or limited.
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