circumscribe (v.)

  1. draw a line around; He drew a circle around the points'

  2. restrict or confine, I limit you to two visits to the pub a day

    [ Syn: limit , confine ]

  3. to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

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