Associations to the word «Circumscribe»

Wiktionary

CIRCUMSCRIBE, verb. To draw a line around; to encircle.
CIRCUMSCRIBE, verb. To limit narrowly; to restrict.
CIRCUMSCRIBE, verb. (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

Dictionary definition

CIRCUMSCRIBE, verb. Draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points".
CIRCUMSCRIBE, verb. Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day".
CIRCUMSCRIBE, verb. To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect.

Wise words

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates