circumscribe
Verb
- draw a line around
- restrict or confine,
- to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
- To draw a line around; to encircle.
- To limit narrowly; to restrict.
- To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin circumscrībō, from circum (“around”) + scrībō (“write”). By surface analysis, circum- + scribe.
Scrabble Score: 22
circumscribe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcircumscribe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
circumscribe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 28
circumscribe: valid Words With Friends Word