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Adjective circumscribed has 2 senses
- circumscribed, limited - subject to limits or subjected to limits
Antonym: unrestricted (indirect, via restricted)
- circumscribed, delimited - showing or determining a boundary; "it is impossible to specify a clearly circumscribed (or delimited) area for any particular science"
Antonyms: undefined, vague (indirect, via defined)
Verb circumscribe has 3 senses
- circumscribe - draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
--1 is one way to trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- limit, circumscribe, confine - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
--2 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- circumscribe - to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
--3 is one way to trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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