CIRCUMSCRIBE
- to constrict the range or activity of definitely and clearly.
- to draw a line around, to surround by or as if by a boundary [v CIRCUMSCRIBED, CIRCUMSCRIBING, CIRCUMSCRIBES]
- means to limit the size or amount of something, or, in other words, to constrict the range or activity of.
- Restrict (something) within limits
- Draw (a figure) around another, touching it at points but not cutting it