Delimit Definition

-ĭ-tāt
delimitates, delimited, delimiting, delimits
verb
delimited, delimiting, delimits
To set the limits or boundaries of.
Webster's New World

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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Origin of Delimit

  • French délimiter from Latin dēlīmitāre dē- de- līmitāre to limit (from līmes līmit- boundary line)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French délimiter, from Late Latin delimitare (“to mark out the limits”), from de- + limitare (“to limit, bound”); see limit.

    From Wiktionary

Delimit Sentence Examples

  • The comma field separator serves no purpose except to delimit the format codes.

  • On the 3rd of February 1910 the Porte accepted a Bulgarian proposal for a mixed commission to delimit disputed sections of the Turco-Bulgarian frontier, and in March King Ferdinand visited Constantinople.

  • During his ministry he developed the rapprochement of France with Russia - visiting St Petersburg with the president, Felix Faure - and sent expeditions to delimit the French colonies in Africa.

  • After peace with Russia had been concluded, Gordon was attached to an international commission appointed to delimit the new boundary, as fixed by treaty, between Russia and Turkey in Bessarabia; and on the conclusion of this work he was ordered to Asia Minor on similar duty, with reference to the eastern boundary between the two countries.

  • While they did not delimit the canon as Marcion did, the Gnostics also performed a catalytic function in the formation of the canon.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEL

Words Ending With

TITMIT

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delimit

Words Starting With D and Ending With T

Starts With D & Ends With TStarts With DE & Ends With TStarts With D & Ends With IT

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With D7 Letter Words Ending With T
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