- circumscribe (v.)
[circumscribe 词源字典]
- late 14c., from Latin circumscribere "to make a circle around, encircle, draw a line around; limit, restrain, confine, set the boundaries of," from circum- "around" (see circum-) + scribere "write" (see script (n.)). Related: Circumscribed; circumscribing.[circumscribe etymology, circumscribe origin, 英语词源]