Synonyms:
circumscribe
Meaning: draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
Synonyms:
limit, circumscribe, confine
Meaning: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
Usage examples
To reduce hereditary royalty to the condition of an elective authority, the only means that I am acquainted with are to circumscribe its sphere of action beforehand, gradually to diminish its prerogatives, and to accustom the people to live without its protection.