delimit
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Etymology
From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“I mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“I limit, I bound”); see limit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈlɪmɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪmɪt
Verb
delimit (third-person singular simple present delimits, present participle delimiting, simple past and past participle delimited)
- (transitive) To mark or fix the limits of.
- (transitive) To demarcate.
Related terms
Translations
to mark or fix the limits of
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to demarcate
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See also
- unlimit (to remove limits)
Further reading
- “delimit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “delimit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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