circumscribe

circumscribe is a 12-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: to write or engrave around. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 28 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 28 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. to write or engrave around.
2. transitive verb. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.
3. transitive verb. To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.
4. verb. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

   Synonyms: confine, limit

5. verb. draw a line around

   "He drew a circle around the points"

6. verb. to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

Synonyms

confine, limit

Common word forms

circumscribed, circumscriber, circumscribes, circumscribing

Words from these letters

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