1. circumscribe - verb
· draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
Hypernym(s): trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
2. circumscribe - verb
· restrict or confine within limits; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"; "please confine your questions to the topic"; "our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born"
Synonym(s): limit, confine_to
Hypernym(s): decrease, lessen, minify
3. circumscribe - verb
· to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
Hypernym(s): trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
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