Related Words for circumscribe

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confine
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Verb, Verb
limit
/x
Verb, Verb, Noun
delimit
x/x
Verb
constrain
x/
Verb
define
x/
Verb
restrict
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Verb
delineate
x/xx
Verb
proscribe
x/
Verb
demarcate
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Verb
encompass
x/x
Verb
encircle
x/x
Verb
characterize
/xxx
Verb
subsume
//
Verb
redefine
xx/
Verb
regulate
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Verb
constrict
x/
Verb
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
occlude
x/
Verb
explicate
/xx
Verb
codify
/xx
Verb
derogate
x/x
Verb
conceptualize
x/xx
Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
systematize
x/xx
Verb
transcend
x/
Verb
subjugate
/xx
Verb
dramatize
/xx
Verb
encroach
x/
Verb
problematize
/xxx
Verb
usurp
x/
Verb
contextualize
x/xxx
Verb
scrutinize
/xx
Verb
extend
x/
Verb
govern
/x
Verb
abridge
x/
Verb
reshape
x/
Verb
perturb
x/
Verb
implicate
/xx
Verb
augment
x/
Verb
impinge
x/
Verb
attenuate
x/xx
Verb
obstruct
x/
Verb
illuminate
x/xx
Verb
contrive
x/
Verb
modify
/xx
Verb
ameliorate
x/xx
Verb
inscribe
x/
Verb
elucidate
x/xx
Verb
nullify
/xx
Verb
simplify
/xx
Verb
vindicate
/xx
Verb
conceptualise
x/x/
Verb
marginalize
/xxx
Verb
reorient
x/xx
Verb
stipulate
/xx
Verb
accentuate
x/xx
Verb
encapsulate
x/xx
Verb
exclude
x/
Verb
recapitulate
xx/xx
Verb
inhibit
x/x
Verb
enclose
x/
Verb
enrich
x/
Verb
complicate
/xx
Verb
vitiate
/xx
Verb
diminish
x/x
Verb
ascribe
x/
Verb
subvert
x/
Verb
modulate
/xx
Verb
reassert
xx/
Verb
curtail
x/
Verb
characterise
xxx/x
Verb
isolate
/xx
Verb
preclude
x/
Verb
ascertain
xx/
Verb
expand
x/
Verb
determine
x/x
Verb
dictate
x/
Verb
safeguard
/x
Noun
amplify
/xx
Verb
annihilate
x/xx
Verb
sanctify
/xx
Verb
stigmatize
/xx
Verb
maximize
/xx
Verb
determinate
x/xx
Adjective
alter
/x
Verb
construe
x/
Verb
broaden
/x
Verb
undermine
/xx
Verb
ensnare
x/
Verb
embody
x/x
Verb
fortify
/xx
Verb
efface
x/
Verb
elongate
x/x
Adjective
enumerate
x/xx
Verb
liberate
/xx
Verb
enhance
x/
Verb
prerogative
x/xx
Noun
round
/
Noun
circle
/x
Noun
surround
x/
Verb
close
/
Adjective
compass
/x
Noun
contain
x/
Verb
bound
/
Adjective
close in on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
ring in
/x
Phrase, Verb
embrace
x/
Noun
outline
/x
Noun
close in
/x
Phrase, Verb
imprison
x/x
Verb
hexagon
/xx
Noun
narrowly
/xx
Adverb
apprehend
xx/
Verb
cap
/
Noun, Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
curb
/
Noun, Verb
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
frame
/
Noun, Verb
identify
x/xx
Verb
keep down
//
Phrase, Verb
mentor
/x
Noun, Verb
number
/x
Noun, Verb
pinpoint
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
save
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Verb, Noun