circumscribe

Verb

Meaning

to write or engrave around.

To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.

To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

limit restrict encompass restrain confine encircle environ control limited contain compass reduce determine contract ring
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Antonyms

ream unroll free available increase allow
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Hypernyms

line minify describe draw decrease trace

Hyponyms

number cap restrict curb curtail cut back

Related terms

circumscribed circumscription circumscript

Phrases with the word

circumscribe something

Derivatives

circumscribed circumscribing

Examples

It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential. Frances Wright

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad. Samuel Richardson

I limit you to two visits to the pub a day Source: Internet

please confine your questions to the topic Source: Internet

our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born Source: Internet

He drew a circle around the points Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

circumscissile circumscribability circumscribable circumscribe something circumscribed circumscribed circle