To circumscribe something is to limit its size, activity, or range, but the range of influence of the Latin ancestors of circumscribe knows no bounds.

To draw a figure around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible. A circle that is circumscribed around a triangle touches it at each of the triangle's three vertices.

His area of expertise is concise and circumscribed, and his credentials are corroborated.

to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, esp. narrowly Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations

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circumscribe something (specialist) to draw a circle around another shape. Definition of circumscribe verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, …

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In geometry, circumscribe means to draw one geometric figure around another figure so that the two figures touch but don’t intersect. If you studied geometry but this sounds unfamiliar, perhaps you …

CIRCUMSCRIBE meaning: 1 : to limit the size or amount of (something) usually used as (be) circumscribed; 2 : to draw a shape around (another shape)

Enclosing, surrounding and immersing (Definition of circumscribed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)