Both Uses of
circumscribe
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- A heavy unbroken crust of cloud stretched across the sky, shutting out every speck of heaven; and a distant halo which hung over the town of Casterbridge was visible against the black concave, the luminosity appearing the brighter by its great contrast with the circumscribing darkness.†
Chpt 40-42 *
- There is always an inertia to be overcome in striking out a new line of conduct—not more in ourselves, it seems, than in circumscribing events, which appear as if leagued together to allow no novelties in the way of amelioration.†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(circumscribe) to restrict something within set limits; or draw a circle around or surround