circumscribe englanniksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-englanti)

To draw a line around; to encircle.
To limit narrowly; to restrict.
(geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].

Partisiipin perfekti	circumscribed
Imperfekti	circumscribed
Partisiipin preesens	circumscribing
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	circumscribes