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    [Verb]  | "cir*cum*scribe" | \ ˈsər-kəm-ˌskrīb \


    1: to constrict the range or activity of definitely and clearly

    2: to define or mark off carefully

    3: to draw a line around

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English circumscriven, from Latin circumscribere, from circum- + scribere to write, draw {mat|scribe|};

    [Verb]  | "circumscribe" 


    1: to set bounds or an upper limit for;


      * e.g., " ... circumscribed his enthusiasm so as not to make the losing side feel worse "




    2: to mark the limits of;


      * e.g., " ... Lake Michigan circumscribes the city of Chicago on the east "



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     [ "circumscribe" ]

    1: To have ones writing revised by editing against the writers will. to edit, or change

      * e.g.,  ... My draft was barely recognizable after falling victim to the literary moils in the editing room. They have taken out all of the meat of my intent, and It feels like I have been circumscribed. 

     [ "Circumscribe" ]

    1:  Restrict: To limit the power of something or somebody to act independently.

      * e.g.,  ... To circumscribe someone. 

     [ "Circumscribe" ]

    2:  Enclose within geometric shape: To draw one geometric figure around another so that they touch at every corner vertex (corner) of the enclosed figure or at every side of the enclosing figure without cutting across each other.

     [ "circumscriber" ]

    1: A collection of Google+ users placed inside a named Google+ social circle. A play on the term "subscriber". Commonly abbreviated as "scribe".

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm now have over 1000 circumscribers in my Google+ friends circle." "I need to stream this to my scribes." "I have 800 followers on Facebook, but more than 2000 scribes on Google+." 

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