delimit

[ dih-lim-it ]

/ dɪˈlɪm ɪt /

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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.

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Origin of delimit

1850–55; <French délimiter<Latin dēlīmitāre, equivalent to dē-de- + līmitāre to limit

Words nearby delimit

delighted, delightful, delightsome, Delilah, DeLillo, delimit, delimitate, delimitation, delimiter, delineate, delineated

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How to use delimit in a sentence

Enslaver interests worked to sharply delimit the boundaries of federal authority over slavery and to secure assurances that slavery would remain under local rather than national regulation.
The myth of ‘open borders’|Anna Law|September 21, 2021|Washington Post
To date, only 11 percent of people to have ever reached the Kármán boundary delimiting the earthly from the ethereal have been women.
What’s driving the pilots that will fly paying customers into space?|Amelia Urry|June 11, 2021|Washington Post
Accordingly commissioners were appointed on both sides to determine and delimit the boundary as drawn by the treaty of 1846.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2)|Hazard Stevens
Up to some point, difficult certainly to delimit, a man must be captain of his soul.
The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary|Cyrus Pringle

He does not try to define and delimit something remaining constant in change.
Reconstruction in Philosophy|John Dewey
What goes by that name is no doubt somewhat elusive; one can not easily delimit and characterize it with scientific accuracy.
Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry|Wilhelm Alfred Braun
You are under a misapprehension in supposing that Mr. Chamberlain has undertaken to delimit the Afghan frontier.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93. September 17, 1887|Various

British Dictionary definitions for delimit

delimit

delimitate

/ (diːˈlɪmɪt) /

verb

(tr) to mark or prescribe the limits or boundaries of; demarcate

Derived forms of delimit

delimitation, noundelimitative, adjective

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delimit

Origin of delimit

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British Dictionary definitions for delimit

delimitate

Derived forms of delimit