delimit
verb (used with object)
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.
have delimited
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present perfectof delimit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For another thing, the very inventions that came into being to make democracy more democratic, in practice have delimited the nation's most fundamental liberties.
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