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What is the verb for circumscriptive?

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circumscribe
  1. To draw a line around; to encircle.
  2. To limit narrowly; to restrict.
  3. (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The river does not suffice to circumscribe the land and make clear what makes men Egyptians.”
      “The outer boundary shall circumscribe the area which is expected to be in close economic and social contact with the principal urban center.”
      “If one assigns to the authorities the power to imprison or even to kill people, one must restrict and clearly circumscribe this power.”
circumscribes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumscribe
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct.”
      “It is easier to find a pentagon that circumscribes the same circle as the given square and has the same perimeter.”
      “Second, the rapid dissipation of personal savings likely circumscribes future consumption growth.”
circumscribeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumscribe
circumscribest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of circumscribe
circumscribed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of circumscribe
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He calculates the side of a regular pentagon in terms of the radius of the circumscribed circle.”
      “It circumscribed boycotts and forms of picketing that teamsters used to establish their power.”
      “This meant that forest economies, including the trade in wild rubber, copal, wax, ivory, and timber, were effectively circumscribed.”
circumscribing
  1. present participle of circumscribe
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They see risks but are not convinced that the risks justify circumscribing popular control by overtly undemocratic means.”
      “Then c is the centre of the circle circumscribing the desired heptagon, and the construction is easily completed.”
      “France will soon be setting new and controversial standards in circumscribing citizens' rights.”
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