\begin{definition}[Definition:Euclid's Definitions - Book IV/2 - Circumscribe]
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:''Similarly a figure is said to be '''circumscribed about a figure''' when the respective sides of the circumscribed figure pass through the respective angles of that about which it is circumscribed.''
{{EuclidDefRef|IV|2|Circumscribe}}
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