| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section II. Dimensions | | 3. Centrical Dimensions |
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| 229. Circumscription. |
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| NOUN: | CIRCUMSCRIPTION, limitation, inclosure; confinement (restraint) [See Restraint]; circumvallation; encincture; envelope [See Inclosure].
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| VERB: | CIRCUMSCRIBE, limit, bound, confine, inclose or enclose; surround [See Circumjacence]; compass about; imprison (restrain) [See Restraint]; hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, hedge round; picket; corral.
ENFOLD, bury, incase, pack up, enshrine, inclasp or enclasp; wrap up (invest) [See Investment]; embay, embosom.
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| ADJECTIVE: | CIRCUMSCRIBED &c. v.; begirt, circumambient, girt, cinct [rare], circumcinct [rare], lapt; buried in, immersed in; embosomed, in the bosom of, imbedded, encysted, mewed up; imprisoned [See Restraint]; landlocked, in a ring fence.
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