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cir·cum·scrip·tive

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  1. circumscriptiveadjective

    That circumscribes or outlines

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Circumscriptiveadjective

    Inclosing the superficies; marking the form or limits on the outside.

    Etymology: from circumscribe.

    Stones regular, are distinguished by their external forms: such as is circumscriptive, or depending upon the whole stone, as in the eagle-stone; and this is properly called the figure. Nehemiah Grew, Museum.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Circumscriptiveadjective

    circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of circumscriptive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of circumscriptive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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