Delimit
/diˈlɪmɪt/noun
To mark or establish the limits of something.
Did you know?Its core root, Latin *limes*, also gave English *limit* and once referred to a boundary path or frontier line, so the word began as a way to control space itself.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
de- + limes
“to mark off, set apart by a boundary”
Late Latin
Latin
delimitare
“to bound, define by limits”
16th Century
English
delimit
“to set or mark the boundaries of”
Modern English
English
delimit
“to determine or define the limits of something”
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