[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to draw a line around; encircle:to circumscribe a city on a map.", "to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly:Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations.Synonyms: hinder , hamper , check , restrain , restrict", "to mark off; define; delimit:to circumscribe the area of a science.", "Geometry.to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to as many points as possible.(of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner.", "to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to as many points as possible.", "(of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner."]}]