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Word For The Day, Wednesday, October 23, 2013-- circumscribe
Posted on 10/23/2013 5:33:46 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, October 23, 2013-- circumscribe
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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
circumscribe [sur-kuh m-skrahyb, sur-kuh m-skrahyb]
hear it pronounced
verb, transitive (used with object)
1. to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
2. to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations.
3. to mark off; define; delimit: to circumscribe the area of a science.
4. Geometry .
a. to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible.
Example
b. (of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner.
Synonyms restrict, restrain, check, hamper, hinder.
Origin: 13501400; Middle English < Latin circumscrībere, equivalent to circum- circum- + scrībere to write
Related forms
circumscribable, adjective
circumscriber, noun
noncircumscribed, adjective
uncircumscribable, adjective
uncircumscribed, adjective
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Ted Cruz attempted to circumscribe Obamas welfare state explosion by trying to defund the non-workable, extremely expensive fiasco known as Obamacare.
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Let’s see some homework today, gang!
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:34:46 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:36:17 AM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I'm not a gynecologist, but I'll take a look.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
It’s fun to circumscribe ants with a chalk line they can’t cross, then whip out the old magnifying glass. Muahahahaha.
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:37:13 AM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I'm not a gynecologist, but I'll take a look.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Hussein's picture, properly ciscumscribed:
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:38:36 AM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I'm not a gynecologist, but I'll take a look.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Any proper doctor will tell you you always need to perform a circumscription before the curcumcision. Gotta draw the line somewhere!
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:41:40 AM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I'm not a gynecologist, but I'll take a look.)
To: Travis T. OJustice
You are number one, Travis.
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:44:55 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: Travis T. OJustice
Obama drew a red chalk line in the sand and dared the Syrians to cross it. By the time Assad noticed it, it had blown away.
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:46:49 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: Travis T. OJustice
Do Kenyans get circumscribed?
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:47:04 AM PDT
by
faucetman
( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
To: Travis T. OJustice
A+++
Correct way to circumscribe our Dear Leader. You are having quite the explosion of creativity this morning, sir.
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:47:53 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: Travis T. OJustice
A Jewish man was asked about being circumcised. He explained that the procedure is done on the eighth day of life.
“Did it hurt?”
“Well, I couldn’t walk for a year.”
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:50:19 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: faucetman
I think getting circumscribed is for Muzzies only.
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:50:25 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
To: faucetman
A++
Do Kenyans get circumscribed?
Only the Muslims. The Muslim women.
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:52:27 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:53:10 AM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I'm not a gynecologist, but I'll take a look.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
10/23/2013 5:53:39 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Circumscribe
A circumscribe is a writer for that Las Vegas show Circum Circum.
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posted on
10/23/2013 6:34:52 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: count-your-change
A++
A circumscribe is a writer for that Las Vegas show Circum Circum. Correct. And their annual meeting is called a circumference.
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posted on
10/23/2013 6:39:15 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Not fair! I haven’t had my breakfast Bud yet.
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posted on
10/23/2013 6:42:04 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Circumscribe.
A staff writer for the Jerusalem Post who covers the circumcision beat.
Circumscribe.
To: Buckeye McFrog
A++
I could circumnavigate the globe with all of the circumcision jokes I’ve heard, having misspent my youth as a waiter in the Borscht Belt.
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posted on
10/23/2013 7:08:21 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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