CIRCUMSCRIBE
\sˈɜːkəmskɹˌa͡ɪb], \sˈɜːkəmskɹˌaɪb], \s_ˈɜː_k_ə_m_s_k_ɹ_ˌaɪ_b]\
Definitions of CIRCUMSCRIBE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
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draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
By Princeton University
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to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
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draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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To inclose within certain lines or boundaries; hence, to restrict; as, the power of the President of the United States is circumscribed by the law of the land; in geometry, to surround with a figure which touches at every possible point; as, to circumscribe a triangle with a circle.
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Circumscription.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
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