circumscribe
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
circumscribe (circumscribes, present participle circumscribing; past and past participle circumscribed)
- To draw a line around; to encircle.
- To limit narrowly; to restrict.
- (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
- -scribe
- French: circonscrire
- German: einkreisen
- Portuguese: circunscrever, circular
- Russian: опи́сывать
- Spanish: circunscribir
- French: circonscrire
- German: eingrenzen
- Portuguese: circunscrever, restringir, delimitar
- Russian: ограни́чивать
- Spanish: circunscribir
- French: circonscrire
- Portuguese: circunscrever
- Russian: оче́рчивать
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