delimit
verb
- to mark or determine the limits of (something); to mark off, separate, or distinguish (something) from something else
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪmɪt/
verb
Etymology: From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“to mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“to limit, to bound”); see limit.
- To mark or fix the limits of.
“Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain”
“Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.”