circumscribe
circumscribe is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain. To circumscribe royal power. Bancroft.
- 2.(Geom.) To draw a line around si as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abdomen
- abdominal
- about
- all
- ambient
- and
- around
- atmosphere
- backbone
- balustrade
- banlieue
- barricade
- barrier
- begird
- begirt
- belly
- belt
- bent
- beset
- border
- bosom
- bound
- breast
- bury
- case
- cave
- center
- circumambient
- circumference
- circumferential
- circumfluent
- circumjacence
- circumjacent
- circumscription
- circumvallation
- circumvent
- coeliac
- compass
- concavity
- confine
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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