CIRCUMSCRIBE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

to write or engare around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. Ashmole.

2.
v.

To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain. To circumscribe royal power. Bancroft.

3.
v.

To draw a line around si as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.