English-Spanish translations for circumscribe

circunscribirHa comenzado con una iniciativa que desafía abiertamente en su totalidad las convenciones de las Naciones Unidas y su marco, aunque luego trate de circunscribir sus objetivos. It started with an initiative that in its entirety openly challenges the United Nations conventions and their framework, although it then tries to circumscribe its aims.

To draw a line around; to encircle
To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has in its interior

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