Verb: delimit di'li-mit or dee'li-mit
- Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
"The treaty delimited the new borders between the countries";
- demarcate, delimitate, demark
- Determine the essential quality of
"The treaty delimited the borders between the two countries";
- specify, define, delineate, delimitate
Derived forms: delimits, delimiting, delimited
Type of: ascertain, bound, confine, determine, find, find out, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel
Encyclopedia: Delimit