ALL meanings of circumscribe
cir·cum·scribe
C c - verb circumscribe If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted. 3
- verb circumscribe to restrict within limits 3
- verb circumscribe to mark or set the bounds of 3
- verb circumscribe to draw a geometric construction around (another construction) so that the two are in contact but do not intersect 3
- verb circumscribe to draw a line round 3
- verb transitive circumscribe to trace a line around; encircle; encompass 3
- verb transitive circumscribe to set or mark off the limits of; limit; confine 3
- verb transitive circumscribe to restrict the action of; restrain 3
- verb transitive circumscribe to draw a plane figure around (another plane figure) either to intersect each vertex of the inner figure, as a circle around a square, or to have each side of the outer figure tangent to the inner figure, as a square around a circle 3
- verb transitive circumscribe to enclose a solid figure within (another solid figure) in a similar manner, as a cube within a sphere or a sphere within a cube 3
- noun circumscribe Restrict (something) within limits. 1
- transitive verb circumscribe encircle 1
- transitive verb circumscribe restrict 1
- verb with object circumscribe to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map. 1
- verb with object circumscribe to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations. 1
- verb with object circumscribe to mark off; define; delimit: to circumscribe the area of a science. 1
- verb with object circumscribe Geometry. to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible. (of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner. 1
- verb circumscribe To draw a line around; to encircle. 0
- verb circumscribe To limit narrowly; to restrict. 0
- verb circumscribe (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior. 0