— circumscriptive , adj. — circumscriptively , adv.
/serr'keuhm skrip"sheuhn/ , n.
1. an act or instance of circumscribing.
2. circumscribed state; limitation.
3. anything that circumscribes, surrounds, or encloses; boundary.
4. periphery; outline.
5. a circumscribed area.
6. a circular inscription on a coin, seal, etc.
7. limitation of a meaning; definition.
[ 1375-1425; late ME circumscription- (s. of circumscriptio ), equiv. to circumscript ( us ) (ptp. of circumscribere to CIRCUMSCRIBE; see CIRCUM-, SCRIPT) + -ion- -ION ]