circumscribe
verb (used with object)
to draw a line around; encircle.
circumscribed
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past participleof circumscribe.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof circumscribe.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
circumscribeverb (used with object)to draw a line around; encircle.
Example Sentences
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The authors of the study estimated that their circumscribed findings extrapolated countywide could represent up to $114 million in losses over a month of sustained enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
As recently as the noncooperation movement in 1920-22, women played a far more circumscribed role.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
Early Renaissance sculptors went to school on works like this, learning from them how to tell a complex story on a flat surface within a circumscribed area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
So circumscribed is our behavior that airline employees sometimes refer to passengers as “self-loading cargo.”
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2025
While it may have been unthinkable for most to extend their social circles to include black colleagues, within the circumscribed atmosphere of the office, they were cordial, even friendly.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
