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circumscribe

/ˈsɜː.kəm.skɹaɪb/
verb
  1. To draw a line around; to encircle.

  2. To limit narrowly; to restrict.

  3. To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

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