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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
circumscribed
    adj 1: subject to limits or subjected to limits [syn:
           circumscribed, limited]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Circumscribe \Cir`cum*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Circumscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumscribing.] [L.
   circumscribere, -scriptum; circum + scribere to write, draw.
   See Soribe.]
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   1. to write or engrave around. [R.]
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            Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. --Ashmole.
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   2. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround;
      to bound; to confine; to restrain.
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            To circumscribe royal power.          --Bancroft.
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   3. (Geom.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain
      points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.

   Syn: To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain;
        environ; encircle; inclose; encompass.
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