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Demarcate is defined as to separate or set clear boundaries.

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When you put up a fence to keep your neighbor's off your property and make clear where the property line is, this is an example of when you demarcate.
When a book reviewer makes clear distinctions between light reading books he reviews and serious literature he reviews, this is an example of when he demarcates.

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See demarcate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb demarcated, demarcating

to set or mark the limits of; delimit
to mark the difference between; distinguish; separate

Origin: back-form. < demarcation

Also demark

See demarcate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·mar·cat·ed, de·mar·cat·ing, de·mar·cates

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

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Origin: Back-formation from demarcation

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de·marˈcaˌtor noun

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