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Circumscissile: Definition and part of speech

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Circumscissile

  1. a. Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Circumscribe: Definition and part of speech

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Circumscribe

  1. v. t. To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.
  2. v. t. to write or engrave around.
  3. v. t. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Circumscription: Definition and part of speech

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Circumscription

  1. n. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.
  2. n. An inscription written around anything.
  3. n. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Circumscriptive: Definition and part of speech

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Circumscriptive

  1. a. Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.