circumscribingn.
The action of circumscribe v.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun]
limiting1391
moderation1429
bridlingc1443
limitation1483
confine1548
restriction1554
limit1572
prescription1604
bounding1607
circumscriptiona1616
stricture1649
stinting1656
circumscribing1660
contractiona1670
confinement1678
contracting1692
handcuff1814
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation
definitionc1386
limiting1391
moderation1429
limitation1483
restriction1554
restraint1566
limit1572
stint1593
prescription1604
stintance1605
bounding1607
confining1608
confine1609
circumscriptiona1616
definement1643
stricture1649
stinting1656
circumscribing1660
contractiona1670
confinement1678
contracting1692
narrowing1871
1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 58 To deferr the changing or circumscribing of our Senat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
circumscribingadj.
That circumscribes; limiting, restricting, encompassing, etc. (see the verb); spec. in Geometry.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective]
restraintive1526
limitative1530
circumscribing1571
restrictive1580
continent1598
restricting1606
confininga1616
contractive1624
strait-lacing1636
limiting1656
cohibitive1668
contracting1765
limitary1822
restrictionary1828
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective] > restricting or limiting
narroweOE
restraintive1526
limitative1530
circumscribing1571
restrictive1580
restraining1597
continent1598
restricting1606
confininga1616
contractive1624
strait-lacing1636
limiting1656
cohibitive1668
contracting1765
restrictory1776
limitary1822
restrictionary1828
scopeless1882
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > being acted upon > drawn
circumscribed1571
circumscribing1571
inscribed1571
adscribed1625
describing1696
inscriptible1705
inscribable1846
circumscribable1878
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [adjective] > that bounds or forms boundary
terminative?a1475
bounding1594
boundedc1600
limitary1771
circumscribing1846
1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria Defs. sig. T ij The circumscribing or contayning circle.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 90 Circumscribing circumstances that cannot belong to any succession of men, but were proper to the Apostles.
1846 E. A. Poe Cask of Amontillado in Wks. (1864) I. 350 Circumscribing walls of solid granite.
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