circumscribo

Latin

Etymology

From circum- +‎ scrībō.

Pronunciation

Verb

circumscrībō (present infinitive circumscrībere, perfect active circumscrīpsī, supine circumscrīptum); third conjugation

  1. to draw a line around, enclose in a circle, circumscribe
  2. to enclose, limit, bound, restrain, hem in
  3. (medicine) to abate, subside
  4. to deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, ensnare
  5. to defraud, deprive of money
  6. to declare invalid, annul, invalidate, void

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References

  • circumscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circumscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • circumscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to set bounds to a thing, limit it: terminis circumscribere aliquid