Inflected forms: cir·cum·scribed, cir·cum·scrib·ing, cir·cum·scribes 1. To draw a line around; encircle. 2. To limit narrowly; restrict. 3. To determine the limits of; define. See synonyms at limit. 4a. To enclose (a polygon or polyhedron) within a configuration of lines, curves, or surfaces so that every vertex of the enclosed object is incident on the enclosing configuration. b. To erect (such a configuration) around a polygon or polyhedron: circumscribe a circle around a square.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English circumscriben, from Latin circumscrbere : circum-, circum- + scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Appendix I.
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