circumscribe
verb (used with object)
to draw a line around; encircle.
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It abstracts therefore from place, time, and motion; and for this reason it is immutable, uncircumscribable, interminable, and altogether spiritual.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Hamilton Wright Mabie