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de·lim·it

(dĭ-lĭm′ĭt) also de·lim·i·tate (-ĭ-tāt′)

tr.v. de·lim·it·ed, de·lim·it·ing, de·lim·its also de·lim·i·tat·ed or de·lim·i·tat·ing or de·lim·i·tates

To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.

[French délimiter, from Latin dēlīmitāre : dē-, de- + līmitāre, to limit (from līmes, līmit-, boundary line).]

de·lim′i·ta′tion n.

de·lim′i·ta′tive adj.

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delimitate

Past participle: delimitated
Gerund: delimitating

Imperative
delimitate
delimitate

Present
I delimitate
you delimitate
he/she/it delimitates
we delimitate
you delimitate
they delimitate

Preterite
I delimitated
you delimitated
he/she/it delimitated
we delimitated
you delimitated
they delimitated

Present Continuous
I am delimitating
you are delimitating
he/she/it is delimitating
we are delimitating
you are delimitating
they are delimitating

Present Perfect
I have delimitated
you have delimitated
he/she/it has delimitated
we have delimitated
you have delimitated
they have delimitated

Past Continuous
I was delimitating
you were delimitating
he/she/it was delimitating
we were delimitating
you were delimitating
they were delimitating

Past Perfect
I had delimitated
you had delimitated
he/she/it had delimitated
we had delimitated
you had delimitated
they had delimitated

Future
I will delimitate
you will delimitate
he/she/it will delimitate
we will delimitate
you will delimitate
they will delimitate

Future Perfect
I will have delimitated
you will have delimitated
he/she/it will have delimitated
we will have delimitated
you will have delimitated
they will have delimitated

Future Continuous
I will be delimitating
you will be delimitating
he/she/it will be delimitating
we will be delimitating
you will be delimitating
they will be delimitating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been delimitating
you have been delimitating
he/she/it has been delimitating
we have been delimitating
you have been delimitating
they have been delimitating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been delimitating
you will have been delimitating
he/she/it will have been delimitating
we will have been delimitating
you will have been delimitating
they will have been delimitating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been delimitating
you had been delimitating
he/she/it had been delimitating
we had been delimitating
you had been delimitating
they had been delimitating

Conditional
I would delimitate
you would delimitate
he/she/it would delimitate
we would delimitate
you would delimitate
they would delimitate

Past Conditional
I would have delimitated
you would have delimitated
he/she/it would have delimitated
we would have delimitated
you would have delimitated
they would have delimitated

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Verb	1.	delimitate - determine the essential quality of define, delimit, delineate, specify determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" redefine - give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his duties"
	2.	delimitate - set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something demarcate, delimit circumscribe, confine, limit - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

delimitate

verb

To fix the limits of:

bound, delimit, demarcate, determine, limit, mark (off or out), measure.

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