circumscribe[verb]Synonyms: limit, bar, confine, delimit, delimitate, prelimit, restrict
Antonyms: dilate, expand
Contrasted words: amplify, distend, inflate, swell, enlarge
Related Words: fetter,
hamper,
trammel [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
cir‧cum‧scribe /ˈsɜːkəmskraɪb $ ˈsɜːr-/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: circumscribere, from circum- (CIRCUM-) + scribere 'to write, draw']
1. [often passive] formal to limit power, rights, or abilities
Synonym : restrict:
The President’s power is circumscribed by Congress and the Supreme Court.2. technical to draw a line around something:
a circle circumscribed by a square [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲