Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to circumscribe
Participle: circumscribed
Gerund: circumscribing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | circumscribe |
| you | circumscribe |
| he;she;it | circumscribes |
| we | circumscribe |
| you | circumscribe |
| they | circumscribe |
Perfect
| I | have circumscribed |
| you | have circumscribed |
| he;she;it | has circumscribed |
| we | have circumscribed |
| you | have circumscribed |
| they | have circumscribed |
Past
| I | circumscribed |
| you | circumscribed |
| he;she;it | circumscribed |
| we | circumscribed |
| you | circumscribed |
| they | circumscribed |
Pluperfect
| I | had circumscribed |
| you | had circumscribed |
| he;she;it | had circumscribed |
| we | had circumscribed |
| you | had circumscribed |
| they | had circumscribed |
Future
| I | will circumscribe |
| you | will circumscribe |
| he;she;it | will circumscribe |
| we | will circumscribe |
| you | will circumscribe |
| they | will circumscribe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have circumscribed |
| you | will have circumscribed |
| he;she;it | will have circumscribed |
| we | will have circumscribed |
| you | will have circumscribed |
| they | will have circumscribed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | circumscribe |
| you | circumscribe |
| he;she;it | circumscribe |
| we | circumscribe |
| you | circumscribe |
| they | circumscribe |
Perfect
| I | have circumscribed |
| you | have circumscribed |
| he;she;it | have circumscribed |
| we | have circumscribed |
| you | have circumscribed |
| they | have circumscribed |
Imperfect
| I | circumscribed |
| you | circumscribed |
| he;she;it | circumscribed |
| we | circumscribed |
| you | circumscribed |
| they | circumscribed |
Pluperfect
| I | had circumscribed |
| you | had circumscribed |
| he;she;it | had circumscribed |
| we | had circumscribed |
| you | had circumscribed |
| they | had circumscribed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would circumscribe |
| you | would circumscribe |
| he;she;it | would circumscribe |
| we | would circumscribe |
| you | would circumscribe |
| they | would circumscribe |
Perfect
| I | would have circumscribed |
| you | would have circumscribed |
| he;she;it | would have circumscribed |
| we | would have circumscribed |
| you | would have circumscribed |
| they | would have circumscribed |
Imperative
| you | circumscribe |
| we | Let's circumscribe |
| you | circumscribe |
Verbs conjugated like 'circumscribe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'circumscribe'
circumcise,
circumcize,
circularise,
circularize,
circumgyrate,
circumgyre,
circummure,
circumstance,
circumduce,
circumfer,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1385, from L.
circumscribere "to draw a line around, limit, confine," from
circum- "around" +
scribere "write" (see script).
2. From Latin circumscrībō, from circum (“around”) + scrībō (“write”). By surface analysis, circum- + scribe. See: Latin '
circumscrībō'.
Verbs referencing "circumscribe"
Ido cirkumskribar.
Sample Sentences
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"Well, I promise you to circumscribe her conquests as much as possible by extending my own," returned Henrietta. "It will be an easy task; for Miss Churchill does not do 'the honours of her eyes.' I often tell her her beauty is quite wasted upon her." [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Asking for an Invitation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 29:]
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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; […]. [2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:]