verb
- Draw a line around.
- usage: "He drew a circle around the points"
- synonyms: circumscribe
- (v.) ()
- synonyms: limit, circumscribe, confine
- To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect.
- synonyms: circumscribe
adjective
- Subject to limits or subjected to limits.
- synonyms: limited
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