delimit

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  1. transitive verb To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.

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  1. French délimiter, from Latin dēlīmitāre : dē-, de- + līmitāre, to limit (from līmes, līmit-, boundary line).

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  1. from French délimiter, from Late Latin delimitare, mark out the limits, from de- + limitarc, limit, bound: see limit.
 

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/dəˈlɪmɪt/
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