Meaning of CIRCUMSCRIPTION
| Pronunciation: | | `surkum'skripshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of circumscribing |
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| | See Also: | | restriction | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cir`cum*scrip"tion\, n. [L. circumscriptio. See
{Circumscribe}.]
1. An inscription written around anything. [R.] --Ashmole.
2. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude
of a body; outline; periphery. --Ray.
3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by
conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.
The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature.
--Johnson.
I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into
circumscription and confine. --Shak.
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