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delimitation

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de⋅lim⋅i⋅tate

  [di-lim-i-teyt]
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–verb (used with object), -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
delimit.
Origin:
1880–85; < L dēlīmitātus, ptp. of dēlīmitāre. See delimit, -ate 1

Related forms:
de⋅lim⋅i⋅ta⋅tion, noun
de⋅lim⋅i⋅ta⋅tive, noun, adjective
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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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