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▪ I. † deˈmark, deˈmarque, v.1 Obs.
[a. F. dé- marque-r to deprive of its mark or marks, f. dé-, des- (de- I. 6) + marquer to mark. Cf. dismark.]
trans. To remove the marks of, obliterate, efface.
1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 168 To form their deportment in so supple a posture, as might de-marque and deface all tokens of so horrid an imputation [as rebellion].
▪ II. demark, v.2|dɪˈmɑːk|
[Deduced from demarcation after mark vb.: cf. Sp. and Pg. demarcar and demarcate.]
= demarcate.
1834H. O'Brien Round Towers Ireland 242 Nor are their [myriads of ages'] limits demarked by the vague and indefinite exordium of even the talented..legislator, Moses himself. 1883F. Hall in (N.Y.) Nation XXXVII. 434/3 Distinguishing traits..such as everywhere demark the denizens of a colony from those of its mother country. |