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Variant of demarcate

demarcate Definition

de·mar·cate (dē mär′kāt, di-, dē′mär kāt′)

transitive verb demarcated -·cated, demarcating -·cat·ing

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

Etymology: back-form. < demarcation

Also demark de·mark′ (-mark′)
demarcated Usage Examples

Object

  • territory: However, an economically unified demarcated territory is an essential condition for economic development.
  • region: Vinho Verde, Portugal's largest demarcated wine region, covers the entire northwestern corner of the country.

Subject

  • line: The second sees a watershed as the river basin itself: the catchment area demarcated by a line of hills.
  • letter: Ideas are developed in a sequence of sentences, sometimes demarcated by capital letters and full stops.

Preposition: by

  • line: The second sees a watershed as the river basin itself: the catchment area demarcated by a line of hills.
  • letter: Ideas are developed in a sequence of sentences, sometimes demarcated by capital letters and full stops.

Modifying Another Word

  • sharply: The borders between man and machine, especially between mind and computer, are no longer so sharply demarcated.
  • clearly: The excavation proved to be located at the edge of the burial ground with a clearly demarcated line of graves to the south.
  • well: Findings There is a well demarcated, ovoid shaped, mass on the right side of the right fibula.
  • legally: Areas of forest surviving the mining, logging and roads in the Amazon are those that have been legally demarcated as Indian territories.
  • precisely: More importantly, even where boundaries were demarcated precisely, the effectiveness of ducal authority on their ' Norman ' side varied considerably.