Definition of circumscribe

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Circumscribe (v. t.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5..

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Hematoma :: Hematoma (n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
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..
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..
Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) to write or engrave around.
Incircumscriptible :: Incircumscriptible (a.) Incapable of being circumscribed or limited.
Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5..
Circumscriptive :: Circumscriptive (a.) Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.
Circumscriptible :: Circumscriptible (a.) Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.
Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.
Circumscribed :: Circumscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Circumscrib.
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..
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..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
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..
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..
Circumcenter :: Circumcenter (n.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.
Circumscribable :: Circumscribable (a.) Capable of being circumscribed.
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word..
Limited :: Limited (a.) Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited..
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