Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CIR-CUM-SCRIBE', v.t. [L. circumscribo; circum and scribo, to draw. Literally, to draw a line round. Hence,]

1. To inclose within a certain limit; to limit, bound, confine. You are above / The little forms which circumscribe your sex. – Southern.
2. To write round. [Little used.]