define Copy link Outline I. To mark out, fix by limits1. termĭno, 12. circumscrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (to enclose by precise boundaries)3. dēfīnio, 4II. To give a definition of1. dēfīnio, 42. fīnio, 43. circumscrībo, 3 • define: I. To mark out, fix by limits: 1. termĭno, 1: to d. the public from the private land, agrum publicum a privato t.: Cic.: v. to bound. 2. circumscrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (to enclose by precise boundaries): to d. any one's place of residence, locum habitandi alicui c., Cic. 3. dēfīnio, 4: every one had had his proper place d.d, suus cuique locus definitus erat, Caes. II. To give a definition of: 1. dēfīnio, 4: to d. an orator comprehensively, oratoris vim universam et propriam def. complectique, Cic.: fortitude is rightly d.d by the Stoics to be virtue defending justice, probe definitur a Stoicis fortitudo, quum eam virtutem esse dicunt propugnantem pro aequitate, Cic. Join: illustrare aliquid, et definire verbis, Cic. 2. fīnio, 4: as if you should d. a horse, ut si finias equum, Quint. 3. circumscrībo, 3: to d. a man, [dicere et] c. verbis quid sit homo, Gell.: to d. briefly, brevi c. et definire, Cic.