circumscribe a circle
91encircle — v 1. surround, encompass, hoop, gird, girdle, engird; embrace, span, belt; wind, wreathe, en wreathe; ring, environ, circumscribe; beset, hedge, besiege; enclose, hem in, confine. See enclose. 2. make a circuit, compass, circle, revolve or rotate …
92encompass — v 1. encircle, circle, circumscribe, surround, ring, ring around, environ, compass; belt, girdle, gird, engird, begird, enclose, hedge in, hem in, ensphere. 2. envelop, enfold, embrace; contain, comprise, include, take in, cover, comprehend,… …
93engird — v encircle, circle, surround, encompass, environ, outline, circumscribe, delineate; gird, begird, girdle, belt; circumvent, beset, entrap, trap …
94gird — v 1. encircle, circle, Archaic, Poetic. cincture; belt, bind, truss, girdle, begird; wrap, swathe, swaddle, bandage; buckle, strap, tie, hitch, pinion, fasten, secure. 2. encompass, compass, circumscribe, circumvent, environ, ring, loop, ensphere …
95hem — v 1.Usu. hem in circumscribe, surround, encircle, circle, encompass, environ; gird, engird, girdle, belt; circumvent, trap; close in, shut in, hedge in, pen in, keep within bounds, demarcate. 2. fringe, befringe, trim; bind; purfle, purl. 3.… …
96invest — v 1. put money to use, put money into, sink money into (all of money) advance, pay or lay out, risk, venture; provide money or capital for, fund, subsidize, back or support financially, patronize 2. spend, expend, disburse, Inf. put out, give,… …
97bound — I adjective 1) he raised his bound ankles Syn: tied, restrained, fixed, fastened, secured 2) she seemed bound to win Syn: certain, sure, very likely, destined 3) …
98circum- — cvb aff. a prefix with the meaning “round about, around,” found in Latin loanwords, esp. derivatives of verbs that had the general sense “to encompass or surround” (circumference; circumstance) or “to go around” in the manner specified by the… …
99encircle — [v] circumscribe band, begird, cincture, circle, circuit, compass, cover, enclose, encompass, enfold, enring, envelop, environ, gird in, girdle, halo, hem in*, inclose, invest, ring, surround, wreathe; concept 758 Ant. let go, unloose …
100enclose — [v] put inside, surround blockade, block off, bound, box up, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, coop, corral, cover, encase, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, fence off*, hedge, hem in*, imbue, immure, implant,… …
