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de⋅lim⋅it

[di-lim-it]
–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 dēlīmitāre, equiv. to dē- de- + līmitāre to limit
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de·lim·it   (dĭ-lĭm'ĭt)   
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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