different between delimit vs delimitate

English

Etymology

From French délimiter, from Late Latin d?l?mit? (“I mark out the limits”), from d?- + l?mit? (“I limit, I bound”); see limit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??l?m?t/
• Rhymes: -?m?t

Verb

delimit (third-person singular simple present delimits, present participle delimiting, simple past and past participle delimited)

1. (transitive) To mark or fix the limits of.
2. (transitive) To demarcate.

   Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.

   The square brackets delimit the list, and individual elements are separated by commas.^WB

Related terms

• limit
• limitation
• delimitation
• delimiter

Translations

See also

• unlimit (to remove limits)

Further reading

• delimit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• delimit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• limited, melitid

English

Etymology

From French délimiter, from Late Latin delimitare (“to mark out the limits”), from de- + limitare (“to limit, bound”); see limit.

Verb

delimitate (third-person singular simple present delimitates, present participle delimitating, simple past and past participle delimitated)

1. To delimit, especially in the computing sense.

Italian

Verb

delimitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of delimitare
2. second-person plural imperative of delimitare
3. feminine plural of delimitato