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circumscription |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Circumscription \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: circumscription n : the act of circumscribing
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