Толковый словарь английского языка - circumscribe
Circumscribe
circumscribe
transitive verb see: scribe Date: 14th century 1. to constrict the range or activity of definitely and clearly , to define or mark off carefully , 2. to draw a line around, to surround by or as if by a boundary , to construct or be constructed around (a geometrical figure) so as to touch as many points as possible, see: limit
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v.tr. 1 (of a line etc.) enclose or outline. 2 lay down the limits of; confine, restrict. 3 Geom. draw (a figure) round another, touching it at points but not cutting it (cf. INSCRIBE). Derivatives circumscribable adj. circumscriber n. circumscription n. Etymology: L circumscribere (as CIRCUM-, scribere script- write) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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