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noun
1.
an act or instance of circumscribing.
2.
circumscribed state; limitation.
3.
anything that circumscribes, surrounds, or encloses; boundary.
4.
periphery; outline.
5.
EXPANDa circumscribed area.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin circumscrīptiōn- (stem of circumscrīptiō), equivalent to circumscrīpt(us) (past participle of circumscrībere to circumscribe; see circum-, script) + -iōn- -ion
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin circumscrīptiōn- (stem of circumscrīptiō), equivalent to circumscrīpt(us) (past participle of circumscrībere to circumscribe; see circum-, script) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
cir·cum·scrip·tive, adjective
cir·cum·scrip·tive·ly, adverb
non·cir·cum·scrip·tive, adjective
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Circumscription
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Word Origin & History
circumscription
1530s, from L. circumscriptionem "fact of being held to set limits," noun of action from circumscribere (see circumscribe). Fig, sense of "setting limits of meaning" is earliest in Eng.
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