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[ dih-lim-i-teyt ] / dɪˈlɪm ɪˌteɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR delimitate ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), de·lim·i·tat·ed, de·lim·i·tat·ing.Origin of delimitate1880–85; <Latin dēlīmitātus, past participle of dēlīmitāre.See delimit, -ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM delimitatede·lim·i·ta·tion, nounde·lim·i·ta·tive, noun, adjectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for delimitateWe have an interesting case of indefinite Jewish delimitation in our portraits. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899|Various Now, there is what we call a delimitation agreement among the Government intelligence agencies. Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy From the nature of the case there can be no objective, and therefore no common, standards of delimitation. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume II (of 3)|George John Romanes But the delimitation of the frontier of Burma is not yet complete. An Australian in China|George Ernest Morrison
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