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–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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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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delimit
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]