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Meanings of circumscribe in English

Portuguese
limitar
Catalan
limitar
Spanish
limitar

Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

limitar

To include within its scope; to go round so as to surround.

To limit narrowly.

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Examples for "restrict"
Examples for "restrict"
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Its main strategy now is to severely restrict water use through rationing.
The South African
2
New Caledonia will restrict the use of plastic from July next year.
Radio NZ
3
Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice.
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
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California officials also this year passed a law to restrict placement agents.
Reuters
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North Dakota is the latest state to pass measures to restrict abortions.
Reuters
Usage of circumscribe in English
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It was difficult-perverse, even-constantly trying to contain and circumscribe his work.
Perdido Street Station
2
Judge Selna was careful to circumscribe the applicability of his decision.
Wired
3
Other women were less exacting; they did not attempt to circumscribe his freedom.
The Indian Lily and Other Stories
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Concrete median barriers and the tall, anti-scaling fence circumscribe the city into impenetrable sectors.
Reuters
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The decision to circumscribe the use of economic sanctions against off-base discrimination made sense.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
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On the contrary, their rights will circumscribe your claims and limit your territorial aggrandizement.
The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
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The first step to be taken must be to endeavour to circumscribe their limits.
Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion
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Webcomics are much bigger than any one scene can circumscribe.
Wired
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And yet we must undertake to circumscribe thereto God himself!
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete
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He added he was not seeking to circumscribe parliament.
The Guardian
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The walls of his parish, or his order, did not circumscribe for him God's Church.
Life of Father Hecker
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Private enterprise and other forms of permissiveness have led to practices that circumscribe and hamper life.
Civilization and Beyond: Learning from History
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Was there any circumstance, or man, or woman who could bind and circumscribe Jinendra's high priest?
Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
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An instinctive desire for completeness animates the human mind (a struggle to circumscribe the infinite).
Adventures in Contentment
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But when you are out with some one in the business or a newspaper man be circumscribe.
The Sorrows of a Show Girl: A Story of the Great "White Way"
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It is as hard to circumscribe the class of jokes as it is the class of artworks.
Beauty
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Translations for circumscribe
Spanish
limitar
Circumscribe through the time