delimit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb determine the essential quality of
    delineate; delimitate; specify; define.
  2. verb be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
    subtend.
  3. verb set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
    delimitate; demarcate.

WordNet

De*lim"it transitive verb
Etymology
L. delimitare: cf. F. délimitier.
Definitions
  1. To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

Webster 1913