demarcate

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We blabber about "occupation" without asking by which line Arabs demarcate areas where a sovereign Jewish existence might possibly be accepted.

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  1. transitive verb To set the boundaries of; delimit.
  2. transitive verb To separate clearly as if by boundaries; distinguish: demarcate categories.

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demarcate:   demarcated
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  1. Back-formation from demarcation.

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  1. from New Latin *demarcatus, past participle of *demarcare, mark off, set the bounds of: see demark.
 

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/dəˈmɑrkeɪt/
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