Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
to write or engrave around.
- 2transitive verb
To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.
- 3transitive verb
To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.
- 4verb
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- 5verb
draw a line around
"He drew a circle around the points"
- 6verb
to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
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