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)