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Meaning of DEMARCATE

Pronunciation:  di'mârkeyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
  2. [v]  separate clearly; as if by boundaries
 
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 Synonyms: delimit, delimitate
 
 See Also: circumscribe, confine, differentiate, distinguish, limit, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\De*mar"cate\, v. t. [See {Demarcation}.]
To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to
discriminate. --Wilkinson.
 
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