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circumscribes

verb

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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