Circumscribe (verb)

1. To draw a line around; encircle.
2. To set limits or boundaries to; restrict.
3. To delimit the scope or range of something.

Origin:

From latin circumscribere, from circum ("around") + scribere ("to write"). the term circumscribe was first used in the 16th century to refer to the act of drawing a line around something.

Examples:

1. The area was circumscribed by a fence.
2. The government's power is circumscribed by the constitution.
3. The disease was circumscribed to a small area of the country.
4. He was circumscribing the area on the map.
5. The problem was circumscribed by a specific set of conditions.