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limite
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Limit
- (v. t.) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
- (v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.
- (v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
- (v. t.) The space or thing defined by limits.
- (v. t.) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
- (v. t.) To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit ones ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.
- (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
- (v. t.) That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
Synonyms:
Bound, Boundary, Circumscribe, Confine, Demarcation, Determine, Fix, Limitation, Restrain, Restrict, Set, Specify, Throttle, Trammel,
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• Limited
- (imp. & p. p.) of Limit
- (a.) Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited.
Synonyms:
Circumscribed, Modified, Special,
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• Limitive
- (a.) Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
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