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circumscribe

verb

Restrict or confine within limits

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Word Facts

Word length
12
Starts with
C
Ends with
E
Contains
IR
Scrabble score
22

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verb

  1. Restrict or confine within limits

    “I limit you to two visits to the pub a day”

verb

  1. Draw a line around

    “Another circle is circumscribed about the square”

verb

  1. To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

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Example Sentences

I limit you to two visits to the pub a day
Please confine your questions to the topic
Our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born
Another circle is circumscribed about the square

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