demarcate

English

Etymology

Back-formation of demarcation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːmɑːˌkeɪt/

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• (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)

1. 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.

2. To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.

Synonyms

• (to mark the limits or boundaries): demark, delimit, delineate

Derived terms

• demarcatable
• demarcative
• demarcator
• nondemarcated
• redemarcate
• undemarcated

Related terms

• demarcation

Translations

mark the limits or boundaries of something

Bulgarian: разграничавам (bg) (razgraničavam) Czech: vymezit pf, ohraničit pf, vytyčit hranici Dutch: afbakenen (nl) Galician: derregar, estremar (gl), demarcar, delindar German: abgrenzen (de) Greek: οροθετώ (el) (orothetó), διαχωρίζω (el) (diachorízo) Icelandic: afmarka Italian: demarcare (it) Portuguese: demarcar (pt), delimitar (pt) Romanian: demarca (ro) Russian: разграни́чивать (ru) impf (razgraníčivatʹ), разграни́чить (ru) pf (razgraníčitʹ) Slovak: ohraničiť, demarkovať, vytýčiť hranice, vyznačiť Swedish: avgränsa (sv)

Further reading

• “demarcate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “demarcate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• camerated, macerated

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

demarcate

1. inflection of demarcare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

demarcate f pl

1. feminine plural of demarcato

Spanish

Verb

demarcate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of demarcar combined with te