enclose within bounds
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border — I noun ambit, borderland, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, circumjacence, confine, contiguity, edge, edging, end, enframement, extremity, flange, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, ledge, limit, line of demarcation, marge, margin, outline … Law dictionary
circumscribe — circumscribable, adj. circumscriber, n. /serr keuhm skruyb , serr keuhm skruyb /, v.t., circumscribed, circumscribing. 1. to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map. 2. to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, esp.… … Universalium
circumscribe — cir•cum•scribe [[t]ˈsɜr kəmˌskraɪb, ˌsɜr kəmˈskraɪb[/t]] v. t. scribed, scrib•ing 1) to draw a line around; encircle 2) to enclose within bounds, esp. narrow ones; restrict 3) to mark off; define; delimit 4) math. a) to draw (a figure) around… … From formal English to slang
circumscribe — /ˈsɜkəmskraɪb / (say serkuhmskruyb), /sɜkəmˈskraɪb / (say serkuhm skruyb) verb (t) (circumscribed, circumscribing) 1. to draw a line round; encircle; surround. 2. to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly. 3. to mark off;… …
confine — confinable, confineable, adj. confineless, adj. confiner, n. /keuhn fuyn / for 1, 2, 5, 6; /kon fuyn/ for 3, 4, v., confined, confining, n. v.t. 1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report.… … Universalium
confine — con•fine [[t]kənˈfaɪn[/t]] for 1, 2, 5, 6; [[t]ˈkɒn faɪn[/t]] for 3, 4 v. fined, fin•ing, n. 1) to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: Confine your remarks to the subject at hand[/ex] 2) to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place… … From formal English to slang
confine — verb (t) /kənˈfaɪn / (say kuhn fuyn) (confined, confining) 1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict. 2. to shut or keep in; imprison. –noun /ˈkɒnfaɪn / (say konfuyn) 3. (usually plural) a boundary or bound; a border or frontier. –phrase 4.… …
immure — I verb cast into prison, commit to an institution, commit to prison, confine, constrain, detain, encage, enclose, enclose within walls, entomb, gate, hold, hold captive, hold in captivity, hold in check, hold within bounds, impound, imprison,… … Law dictionary
confine — con·fine vt con·fined, con·fin·ing: to hold within a location; specif: imprison Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. confine … Law dictionary
circumscribe — verb the power of the local agency has been circumscribed by the national organization Syn: restrict, limit, keep within bounds, curb, confine, restrain; regulate, control •• circumscribe, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, surround Strictly… … Thesaurus of popular words
