delimitate
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- delimitation noun
- delimitative noun
Etymology
Origin of delimitate
First recorded in 1880–85; from Latin dēlīmitātus, past participle of dēlīmitāre; See delimit, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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But since the function of words is to delimitate, one defeats the purpose of language by stretching the meaning of a word until it has lost all precision and unity of meaning.
From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by Leuba, James H. (James Henry)
Now we must get to closer quarters, and show how it enables us to delimitate the exact position comedy occupies among all the other arts.
From Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Brereton, Cloudesley Shovell Henry
It needed more than four centuries to establish and to delimitate the New Testament.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste
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