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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Latin circumscrībere.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧cre‧ver

Verb

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circunscrever (first-person singular present circunscrevo, first-person singular preterite circunscrevi, past participle circunscrito)

  1. (transitive) to circumscribe; to encircle (draw a line around; encircle)
    Synonym: circular
  2. (transitive) to circumscribe; to restrict (limit narrowly)
    Synonyms: delimitar, restringir
  3. (transitive, geometry) to circumscribe (draw a circle, sphere, or higher-dimensional ball)

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