circumscribed Definition

circumscribe
verb circumscribed, circumscribing

1. To put a boundary round or to draw a line round something.

Thesaurus: surround, encompass, encircle, girdle.
2. To limit or restrict something.

Thesaurus: restrict, limit, outline, confine, corset.
3. geom.
To draw one geometrical figure round (another geometrical figure) so that they touch one another but do not intersect. Compare inscribe.

Derivative: circumscription
noun

Etymology: 15c: from Latin circumscribere, circumscriptum.