Adjacent Words

Circumscribed definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CIRCUMSCRIBED, pp. Drawn round as a line; limited; confined.
In geometry, this word is applied to a figure which is drawn round another figure, so that all its sides or planes touch the inscribed figure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: subject to limits or subjected to limits [syn: circumscribed, limited]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Circumscribe Cir`cum*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumscribing.] [L. circumscribere, -scriptum; circum + scribere to write, draw. See Soribe.] 1. to write or engrave around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. --Ashmole. 2. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain. To circumscribe royal power. --Bancroft. 3. (Geom.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5. Syn: To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass.