Circumscribe
verb
To restrict within limits
“Holt circumscribed the pass so it opened only three of the nine vaults.”
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What does circumscribe mean?
Commonly confused with
- NotTo expand without bounds
- NotTo copy word for word
- NotTo destroy completely
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