circumscribe

/sɝkʌmskrˈaɪb/

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Verb
draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
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restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
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to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect