Definition of Demarcate

1. Verb. Separate clearly, as if by boundaries.


2. Verb. Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something.
Exact synonyms: Delimit, Delimitate
Generic synonyms: Circumscribe, Confine, Limit
Derivative terms: Delimitation, Delimitation, Demarcation

Definition of Demarcate

1. v. t. To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.

Definition of Demarcate

1. Verb. to mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit ¹

2. Verb. to mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Demarcate

1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demarcate

demanganizations
demanned
demanning
demannosylation
demans
demantoid
demantoids
demanufacture
demanufactured
demanufacturer
demanufacturers
demanufactures
demanufacturing
demarc
demarc extension
demarcate (current term)
demarcated
demarcates
demarcating
demarcation
demarcation current
demarcation line
demarcation line of retina
demarcation potential
demarcation potentials
demarcations
demarch
demarche
demarches
demarchs

Literary usage of Demarcate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Statement Submitted by the United States of Brazil to the President of the by Brazil (1894)
"The two Principal Commissioners shall survey and demarcate jointly the spot on the sea-coast where the two Dominions begin to divide, placing there one of ..."

2. The Weekly Reporter by David Sutherland, India High Court (Calcutta, India), Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1893)
"... to demarcate the lands decreed in favour of the plaintiff, and making over possession of the same to him. The Ameen went to the locality in June 1872, ..."

3. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by South Africa Supreme Court (1899)
"The said Government hoa taken steps to demarcate certain land within the limits ... and to demarcate portions of land therein as native locations subject to ..."

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