circumscribe in English

verb

1

restrict (something) within limits.

their movements were strictly monitored and circumscribed

synonyms: restrict, limit, keep within bounds, curb, confine, restrain, regulate, control

2

draw (a figure) around another, touching it at points but not cutting it.

The same circle circumscribes both the pentagon of the dodecahedron.

verb

• restrict, limit, keep within bounds, curb, confine, restrain, regulate, control
• confine, limit

Use "circumscribe" in a sentence

1. Here the basic method to circumscribe contradiction is paraconsistent logic.

2. Yet the Josephite victory presaged no broader attempt to circumscribe royal power.

3. The daughter under such restrictions chafes at them circumscribe her whole world.

4. First, it is always possible circumscribe a sphere in a camera - aligned quad.

5. Circumscribe definition: If someone's power or freedom is Circumscribed , it is limited or restricted

6. The principal has requested all teachers to circumscribe failures in red on the report cards.

7. Antonyms for Breadthen include diminish, circumscribe, constrain, narrow, reduce, restrict, simplify, tighten, abridge and compress

8. Curtail definition: place restrictions on synonyms: restrict, immobilise, immobilize, limit, cut back, confine, abridge, circumscribe, curb antonyms: declassify

9. 1 The postmodernist dilemma of periodization is vividly dramatized by these efforts to circumscribe their location in contemporary fiction.

10. Circumscribe (third-person singular simple present circumscribes, present participle circumscribing, simple past and past participle Circumscribed) To draw a line around; to encircle

11. Annuli (primary grooves) in the skin encircle the body and form segments; in some taxonomic groups, secondary and tertiary grooves partially circumscribe the body

12. Guarantee Period is a contractual period designated by parties to circumscribe the creditor, s rights to claim the creditor, s rights after the primary liability is expired.

13. Circum- definition, a prefix with the meaning “round about, around,” found in Latin loanwords, especially derivatives of verbs that had the general senses “to encompass or surround” (circumference; Circumjacent; circumstance) or “to go around” by the means or in the manner specified by the verb (circumnavigate; circumscribe); on this basis forming adjectives in English with the