transitive. To mark the boundary or course of, to delimit; = measure, v. 5b. Frequently with out. Now rare.
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| 释义 | the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > fix boundary of (33) meteeOE transitive. To mark the boundary or course of, to delimit; = measure, v. 5b. Frequently with out. Now rare. markeOE transitive. To trace out boundaries for; to plot out (ground); to set out the ground plan of (a building); (figurative) to plan out, design. See… mereOE transitive. To mark out (land) as regards its boundaries; to delineate the boundaries of. Also (in early use): to form (part of) the boundary of… bound1393 transitive. To set bounds to, limit; to confine within bounds; to mark (out) the bounds of. Obsolete. determinea1398 transitive. To set bounds to; to bound, limit. terminea1398 transitive. To set limits to; to bound. Frequently in passive: to be bounded, to have a limit or end. Also: to give an outline to; to define (cf. term… rede1415 transitive. To delineate or fix exactly (a border or boundary); to mark or set the borders of (a place). Chiefly in to rede (the) marches (see march… measurea1513 transitive. Chiefly with out. To mark the boundary, extent, or course of; to delimit. Obsolete. rare. butt1523 transitive. To fix or mark out the (lengthwise) boundaries of (a piece of land). Also with out. Chiefly in passive and usually paired with bound… space1548 transitive. Usually in passive. To limit or bound in respect of space; to make of a certain extent. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.). limit1555 transitive. To confine within limits, to set bounds to (rarely in concrete sense); to bound, restrict. Const. to. †Also: to prohibit (a person) from… determinate1563 transitive. To determine in time, space, or compass; to terminate, end, bound, limit. to mark out1611 transitive. To stake out, trace out, plot, demarcate, etc. Also figurative. contermine1624 transitive. To make conterminous; to fix the limits or end of. to run out1671 transitive. North American. To mark off, delineate, define (a portion of land, boundary, etc.). Cf. sense 67. verge1759 transitive. To bound or limit by something. rare. demarcate1816 transitive. To mark out or determine the boundary or limits of; to mark off, separate, or distinguish… literal in reference to spatial limits, as… outline1817 transitive. To indicate or define the outline of. Chiefly in passive (with adverbial noun phrase): to be defined in outline. define1843 To determine the boundary or spatial extent of; to settle the limits of. Also figurative. rope1862 transitive. With out. To apportion (a territory) or mark out (the boundary of a territory) with a rope. Now rare. delimit1879 transitive. To mark or determine (a limit or boundary). delimitate1879 transitive. To mark or determine the limits or boundary of (something); to mark off, separate, or distinguish (something) from something else… Subcategories:— with a horizon (1) — with a trench (1) — with hurdles (1) — with stakes (6) — by perambulation (1) — redefine (a boundary) (1) |
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