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Delimit

De-lim′it

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
delimitare
: cf. F.
délimiter
.]
To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

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delimit

delimit

English

Verb

delimit (third-person singular simple present delimits, present participle delimiting, simple past and past participle delimited)

  1. (transitive) To mark or fix the limits of.
  2. (transitive) To demarcate.
    Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.
    The square brackets delimit the list, and individual elements are separated by commas.WB

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  • delimit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • delimit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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