Definitions for circumscribe

Definitions for (verb) circumscribe

Main entry: circumscribe, limit, confine

Definition: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"


Main entry: circumscribe

Definition: draw a line around

Usage: He drew a circle around the points


Main entry: circumscribe

Definition: to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect


Visual thesaurus for circumscribe