| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Being constraining or compelling.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being decreasing, diminishing or dwindling.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb circumscribe.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (circumscribe) | 1. Draw a line around.[Wordnet]. 2. Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day".[Wordnet]. 3. To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect.[Wordnet]. 4. To write or engrave around.[Websters]. 5. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.[Websters]. 6. To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: circumscribing, circumscribed, circumscribes, circumscriber, circumscribers, circumscribingly and circumscribedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "CIRCUMSCRIBING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CIRCUMSCRIBING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Drawing a line round; inclosing; limiting; confining.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of circumscribe. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: circumscribe | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Circumscribe | 28 | Circumscribe | 28 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
