demarcate
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Etymology
Back-formation from demarcation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdiːmɑːˌkeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈmɑɹˌkeɪt/, /ˈdi.mɑɹˌkeɪt/
- Hyphenation: de‧mar‧cate
Verb
demarcate (third-person singular simple present demarcates, present participle demarcating, simple past and past participle demarcated)
- To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.
- 1907, George Curzon, Frontiers:
- Small Committees of officials are frequently appointed in advance to consider the geographical, topographical, and ethnological evidence that is forthcoming, and to construct a tentative line for their respective Governments; this, after much debate, is embodied in a treaty, which provides for the appointment of Commissioners to demarcate the line upon the spot and submit it for ratification by the principals.
- To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.
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Translations
mark the limits or boundaries of something
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Further reading
- “demarcate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “demarcate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Etymology 1
Verb
demarcate
- inflection of demarcare:
Etymology 2
Participle
demarcate f pl
Verb
demarcate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of demarcar combined with te
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