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circumscribe
verb
(cir-cum-scribe)
restrict or confine within limits
Synonyms:
confine to,
limit
,
Examples:
Our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born.
circumscribe
verb
(cir-cum-scribe)
draw a line around
circumscribe
verb
(cir-cum-scribe)
to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
Words Related to
circumscribe
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confine
,
limit
,
delimit
,
restrict
,
constrain
,
define
,
curtail
,
delineate
,
circumvent
,
restrain
,
demarcate
,
narrow
,
curb
,
identify
,
contain
,
apprehend
,
pinpoint
,
focus
,
frame
,
mentor
,
ring-fence
,
constrict
,
proscribe
,
subsume
,
impinge
,
encroach
,
dictate
,
intrude
,
occlude
,
regulate
,
abridge
,
denude
,
derogate
,
distort
,
constitutionalize
,
undermine
,
relativize
,
codify
,
redefine
,
usurp
,
marginalize
,
interfere
,
interpose
,
micromanage
,
alter
,
emasculate
,
unfetter
,
inhere
,
aggrandise
,
elide
,
abrogate
,
subserve
,
legitimatize
,
fetter
,
europeanize
,
arrogate
,
subvert
,
balkanise
,
legislate
,
obstruct
,
secularise
,
homogenise
,
explicate
,
legitimating
,
entrench
,
aggrandize
,
secularize
,
reifying
,
becloud
,
monopolize
,
analogize
,
diminish
,
derange
,
dilute
,
reshape
,
disserve
,
stultify
,
particularize
,
supersede
,
reinterpret
,
efface
,
impede
,
militarise
,
satirise
,
negate
,
moralize
,
truncate
,
proselytise
,
individualise
,
trammelled
,
obliterate
,
eviscerate
,
ghettoize
,
gainsaid
,
coopt
,
overreaches
,
scandalise
,
govern
,
attenuate
,
modify
,
circumscribe
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