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de·lim·it    Audio Help   [di-lim-it] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate: A ravine delimited the property on the north.

[Origin: 1850–55; < F délimiter < L délīmitāre, equiv. to dé- de- + līmitāre to limit]
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de·lim·it    Audio Help   (dĭ-lĭm'ĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   de·lim·it·ed also de·lim·i·tat·ed, de·lim·it·ing also de·lim·i·tat·ing, de·lim·its also de·lim·i·tates
To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.


[French délimiter, from Latin dēlīmitāre : dē-, de- + līmitāre, to limit (from līmes, līmit-, boundary line).]

de·lim'i·ta'tion n., de·lim'i·ta'tive adj.
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verb
1. determine the essential quality of [syn: specify
2. be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry [syn: subtend
3. set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something [syn: demarcate

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De*lim"it\, v. t. [L. delimitare: cf. F. d['e]limiter.] To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.
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