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circumscribecircumscribe /ˈsɚkəmˌskraɪb/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYcircumscribeOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin circumscribere, from circum- ( ➔ CIRCUM-) + scribere to write, draw VERB TABLEcircumscribe |
Present | I, you, we, they | circumscribe | | he, she, it | circumscribes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | circumscribed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have circumscribed | | he, she, it | has circumscribed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had circumscribed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will circumscribe | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have circumscribed |
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Present | I | am circumscribing | | he, she, it | is circumscribing | | you, we, they | are circumscribing | Past | I, he, she, it | was circumscribing | | you, we, they | were circumscribing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been circumscribing | | he, she, it | has been circumscribing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been circumscribing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be circumscribing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been circumscribing |
1[often passive] formal to limit power, rights, or abilities SYN restrict: The church’s role was tightly circumscribed by the new government.2math, geometry to draw a shape so that it goes around and touches the outside points or edges of a square, a triangle, or other flat geometric shape: The drawing shows a circle that is circumscribed around triangle ABC. |