Overview of verb circumscribe

The verb circumscribe has 3 senses

• circumscribe -- (draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points")


• limit, circumscribe, confine -- (restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")


• circumscribe -- (to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect)

Overview of adj circumscribed

The adj circumscribed has 1 sense

• circumscribed, limited -- (subject to limits or subjected to limits)