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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : dih-lim-it |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlɪm ɪt |
Definition of delimit
Origin :- 1852, from French délimiter (18c.), from Latin delimitare "to mark out as a boundary," from de- (see de-) + limitare, from limitem, limes "boundary, limit" (see limit (n.)). Related: Delimited; delimiting.
- verb set the limits
- Other times have already been used to describe, define, and delimit this (brief) time.
- Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
- Accordingly commissioners were appointed on both sides to determine and delimit the boundary as drawn by the treaty of 1846.
- Extract from : « The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2) » by Hazard Stevens
- Her female nature was supposed to delimit her life satisfactorily, and her human stature was completely ignored.
- Extract from : « Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World » by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Is it not precisely those qualities which no sublunar systems of computing time can affect or delimit?
- Extract from : « The Book-Collector » by William Carew Hazlitt
- Up to some point, difficult certainly to delimit, a man must be captain of his soul.
- Extract from : « The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary » by Cyrus Pringle
- He does not try to define and delimit something remaining constant in change.
- Extract from : « Reconstruction in Philosophy » by John Dewey
- You are under a misapprehension in supposing that Mr. Chamberlain has undertaken to delimit the Afghan frontier.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93. September 17, 1887 » by Various
- Its object is to delimit the spheres of influence of the positive sciences and show how they are mutually related.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 » by Various
- There is moreover a further puzzle which confronts us who are trying to delimit an American region or regions.
- Extract from : « Earthworms and their Allies » by Frank E. Beddard
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