circumscribe

verb

1. draw a line around

Definition categories: contact, delineate, describe, draw, line, trace

2. restrict or confine within limits

- our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born

Similar word(s): limit

Definition categories: change, decrease, lessen, minify

3. to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

Definition categories: contact, delineate, describe, draw, line, trace