CIRCUMSCRIBE

(verb) restrict or confine,
"I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
synonyms : confine , limit
circumscribed by race or religion -added by nithi
(verb) draw a line around
"He drew a circle around the points"
(verb) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
He circumscribed a large triangle around the circle. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for circumscribe

(Tag: ) circumscribe -> circle + scribe(a writer of manuscripts); so circumscribe means a person writing around the same lines or topic.
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(Tag: English) remember circumference..we restrict ourself around a circle..
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(Tag: ) Lakshman drew a circle around Sita's hut to circumscribe(LIMIT,RESTRICT) her
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(Tag: English) scribed in a circle,or limited region
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(Tag: ) circumscribe=circle+describe....you have to describe the things only with in circle...limited,restrained,boundary
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(Tag: ) circum is somthing like a circle,, and if u chk the word crib here,,that means to stop or check.
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(Tag: ) circumscribe means drawing a circle around triangle or square or any other polygon. which also means that we are limiting the region confined for scaling the polygon.
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