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circumscribe

Dictionary definition · circumscribe

verb

  1. draw a line around"another circle is circumscribed about the square"
  2. restrict or confine within limits"I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
  3. to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).