1. (verb)circumscribe draw a line around Synonyms: confine, limit
2. (verb)limit, circumscribe, confine restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" Synonyms: restrict, detain, hold in, trammel, circumscribe, set, restrain, confine, bound, throttle, hold, determine, define, specify, enclose, fix, limit
3. (verb)circumscribe to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect Synonyms: confine, limit