circumscribe

Verbs

  • (v) draw a line around
    • He drew a circle around the points
  • (v) restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" confine, limit,
  • (v) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

Synonyms

confine limit

Words of close approximity

circumscribed