Meaning of circumscribe

cir•cum•scribe

1. to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
2. to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, esp. narrowly: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations.
3. to mark off; define; delimit: to circumscribe the area of a science.
1. to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible.
2. (of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner.