To circumscribe something is to limit its size, activity, or range, but the range of influence of the Latin ancestors of circumscribe knows no bounds.

His area of expertise is concise and circumscribed, and his credentials are corroborated.

To draw a figure around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible. A circle that is circumscribed around a triangle touches it at each of the triangle's three vertices.

In geometry, circumscribe means to draw one geometric figure around another figure so that the two figures touch but don’t intersect. If you studied geometry but this sounds unfamiliar, perhaps you …

circumscribe something (specialist) to draw a circle around another shape. Definition of circumscribe verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, …

to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, esp. narrowly Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations

Define circumscribed. circumscribed synonyms, circumscribed pronunciation, circumscribed translation, English dictionary definition of circumscribed. tr.v. cir·cum·scribed , cir·cum·scrib·ing , …