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limitate

limitate adjective: bounded by a distinct line or boundary.

Adjective

limitate (not comparable)

  1. (also, figuratively, obsolete) Bounded by a distinct line or boundary.
    • There is a twofold power, an abſolute power, and a limitate power:[…]1636, John Weemes, “Of the ſecond degenerate Son, the Magitian”, in A treatiſe of the foure degenerate ſonnes, 10. Of the power of the devill, what Satan can doe by himſelfe, and by his inſtruments.

Verb

limitate (third-person singular simple present limitates, present participle limitating, simple past and past participle limitated)

  1. (nonstandard) To limit

Forms of limitate

third-person singular presentlimitates
present participlelimitating
past participlelimitated
pastlimitated

Origin of limitate

Borrowed from Latin līmitātus, perfect passive participle of līmitō (“to limit”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See limit.

Questions about limitate

What does limitate mean?
Limitate means bounded by a distinct line or boundary.
What part of speech is limitate?
Limitate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near limitate in the dictionary

  1. limitans
  2. limitarian
  3. limitarianism
  4. limitarians
  5. limitary
  6. limitate
  7. limitating
  8. limitation
  9. limitational
  10. limitationist
  11. limitationists

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