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circumscribe
/ˈsɜː.kəm.skɹaɪb/
verb
To draw a line around; to encircle.
To limit narrowly; to restrict.
To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
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