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circumscribere

circumscribere [CL] 1 to write round. s1329 mantellum ‥ aureis litteris cum toto psalmo [li] ‘quid gloriaris’ ~scriptum Meaux II 360. 2 to circumscribe, delimit, confine. b to exclude. materia in se ipsa nulla forma ~scribitur Eriug. Per. 488B; jure dici videtur quod tantum ejus rei sit aliquis locus cujus quantitatem locus ~scribendo continet et continendo ~scribit Anselm (Mon. 22) I 39; ~scriptum simul et incircumscriptum est quod, cum alicubi sit totum, potest simul esse totum alibi non tamen ubique Ib. (Prosl.) I 110; prius est aqua pars universi, et magis est ei essentiale quam locari ab aliquo convenienti et ~scribi Bacon Tert. 165.  b ~scriptis Wallia et Scotia, potior insule Britannice pars Gir. TH I 2. 3 (? by conf. w. proscribere) to condemn. to damme, ‥ ~scribere, dampnare, judicare CathA.

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