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delimit

verb

  1. to mark or determine the limits of (something); to mark off, separate, or distinguish (something) from something else
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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.

  1. To mark or fix the limits of.

    Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain

    Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.