Etymology

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Today it means: To draw outside of; designating a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the extensions of the other two sides. Full definition →

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  1. Latin · derived frome“out, out of”
  2. English todayescribe

From Latin e (“out, out of”) + scribere (“to write”).

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