Thesaurus / delimit
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Enslaver interests worked to sharply delimit the boundaries of federal authority over slavery and to secure assurances that slavery would remain under local rather than national regulation.
THE MYTH OF ‘OPEN BORDERS’ANNA LAWSEPTEMBER 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTo date, only 11 percent of people to have ever reached the Kármán boundary delimiting the earthly from the ethereal have been women.
WHAT’S DRIVING THE PILOTS THAT WILL FLY PAYING CUSTOMERS INTO SPACE?AMELIA URRYJUNE 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAccordingly commissioners were appointed on both sides to determine and delimit the boundary as drawn by the treaty of 1846.
THE LIFE OF ISAAC INGALLS STEVENS, VOLUME II (OF 2)HAZARD STEVENSUp to some point, difficult certainly to delimit, a man must be captain of his soul.
THE RECORD OF A QUAKER CONSCIENCE, CYRUS PRINGLE'S DIARYCYRUS PRINGLEHe does not try to define and delimit something remaining constant in change.
RECONSTRUCTION IN PHILOSOPHYJOHN DEWEYWhat goes by that name is no doubt somewhat elusive; one can not easily delimit and characterize it with scientific accuracy.
TYPES OF WELTSCHMERZ IN GERMAN POETRYWILHELM ALFRED BRAUNYou are under a misapprehension in supposing that Mr. Chamberlain has undertaken to delimit the Afghan frontier.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 93. SEPTEMBER 17, 1887VARIOUSIts object is to delimit the spheres of influence of the positive sciences and show how they are mutually related.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 6, SLICE 4VARIOUSThere is moreover a further puzzle which confronts us who are trying to delimit an American region or regions.
EARTHWORMS AND THEIR ALLIESFRANK E. BEDDARDOther times have already been used to describe, define, and delimit this (brief) time.
ESSAYS IN EXPERIMENTAL LOGICJOHN DEWEYWORDS RELATED TO DELIMIT
- adapt
- adjust
- align
- appraise
- assess
- average
- beat
- blend
- bound
- calibrate
- caliper
- check
- check out
- choose
- compute
- delimit
- demarcate
- determine
- dope out
- estimate
- evaluate
- even
- eye
- figure
- fit
- gauge
- gradate
- grade
- graduate
- level
- limit
- line
- look over
- mark
- mark out
- mete
- pace off
- peg
- plumb
- portion
- quantify
- rank
- rate
- read
- reckon
- regulate
- rhyme
- rule
- scale
- shade
- size
- size up
- sound
- square
- stroke
- survey
- tailor
- take account
- time
- value
- weigh
- adapts
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- aligns
- appraises
- assesses
- averages
- beats
- binds
- blends
- calibrates
- calipers
- checks
- checks out
- chooses
- computes
- delimits
- demarcates
- determines
- dopes out
- estimates
- evaluates
- evens
- eyes
- figures
- fits
- gauges
- gradates
- grades
- graduates
- levels
- limits
- lines
- looks over
- marks
- marks out
- metes
- pace off
- pegs
- plumbs
- portions
- quantifies
- ranks
- rates
- reads
- reckons
- regulates
- rhymes
- rules
- scales
- shades
- size up
- sizes
- sounds
- squares
- strokes
- surveys
- tailors
- takes account
- times
- values
- weighs
- arrest
- bind
- bottle up
- box up
- bridle
- chain
- check
- choke back
- circumscribe
- confine
- constrain
- contain
- control
- cool
- cork
- crack down
- curb
- curtail
- debar
- delimit
- detain
- deter
- direct
- fetter
- gag
- govern
- guide
- hamper
- handicap
- harness
- hem in
- hinder
- hogtie
- hold
- impound
- imprison
- inhibit
- jail
- keep
- keep down
- keep in line
- kill
- limit
- lock up
- manacle
- muzzle
- pinion
- prevent
- proscribe
- pull back
- repress
- restrict
- sit on
- stay
- subdue
- suppress
- tie down
- tie up
- bind
- bottle up
- bound
- chain
- check
- circumscribe
- come down on
- constrict
- contain
- contract
- cool down
- cramp
- curb
- decrease
- define
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- delimitate
- demarcate
- demark
- diminish
- encircle
- enclose
- hamper
- handicap
- hang up
- hem in
- hold back
- hold down
- impede
- inclose
- inhibit
- keep within bounds
- keep within limits
- moderate
- modify
- narrow
- pin down
- prelimit
- put away
- put on ice
- qualify
- reduce
- regulate
- restrain
- send up
- shorten
- shrink
- shut in
- surround
- temper
- tether
- tie
- binds
- binds
- bottles up
- chains
- checks
- circumscribes
- comes down on
- constricts
- contains
- contracts
- cools down
- cramps
- curbs
- decreases
- defines
- delimitates
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- demarcates
- demarks
- diminishes
- encircles
- encloses
- hampers
- handicaps
- hangs up
- hem in
- holds back
- holds down
- impedes
- incloses
- inhibits
- keeps within bounds
- keeps within limits
- moderates
- modifies
- narrows
- pins down
- prelimits
- puts away
- puts on ice
- qualifies
- reduces
- regulates
- restrains
- sends up
- shortens
- shrinks
- shuts in
- surrounds
- tempers
- tethers
- ties
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