Definition of "circumscribes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumscribe. (verb)

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• "Unfortunately, Parsi's advice on this score has already been contradicted in the recently passed AIPAC-drafted sanctions law which not only circumscribes a diplomat's ability to talk to Iranians but forbids any diplomacy at all without approval by congressional committees this patently unconstitutional provision is unlikely to withstand court challenge."
• "He circumscribes this immensity with words meant to express the dimensions of the cosmos: breadth, length and height and depth."
• "What makes the evening unique is that Jeremy Aluma, who conceives and directs the evening, doesn't just string together a slew of salacious scenes -- for that seems to be the common theme; it also gets the most laughs - for the sake of shock and aaah, he circumscribes them within the context of a story of how the archetypal clowns forged their identities."