HyperDic: circumscription

English > 1 sense of the word circumscription:
NOUNactcircumscriptionthe act of circumscribing
English > circumscription: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of circumscribing.
Broaderrestriction, confinementThe act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
Spanishcircunscripción
Catalancircumscripció
Verbscircumscriberestrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
circumscribedraw a line around
circumscribeto draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

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