circumscription Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cir`cum*scrip"tion noun

Etymology

L. circumscriptio. See Circumscribe.

Definitions

1. An inscription written around anything. R. Ashmole.
2. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery. Ray.
3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.

   The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. Johnson.

   I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. Shak.