delimitate

Other forms: delimitated; delimitating

Definitions of delimitate
  1. verb
    set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
    synonyms: delimit, demarcate
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    type of:
    circumscribe, confine, limit
    restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
  2. verb
    determine the essential quality of
    synonyms: define, delimit, delineate, specify
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    determine
    fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
    redefine
    give a new or different definition to
    nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify
    define clearly
    type of:
    be
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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