Delimitate
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To determine and lay down the boundaries of; delimit.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb.
to determine the essential quality of.
verb.
to set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something.
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verb.
To
delimit
, especially in the computing sense.
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verb.
determine the essential quality of
verb.
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
Word Usage
"But I imagine that this is hard to avoid in a subject in which things are so hard to delimitate."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
circumscribe
confine
limit
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
define
delimit
delineate
specify
verb-form
delimited
delimiting
delimits