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Definition of Rubicon

1. Noun. The boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war.

2. Noun. A line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment.

Definition of Rubicon

1. n. A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Cæsar.

Definition of Rubicon

1. Proper noun. (rivers) An ancient Latin name for a small river in northern Italy which flows into the Adriatic Sea. It marked the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 BC began a civil war. ¹

2. Noun. A limit that when exceeded, or an action that when taken, cannot be reversed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rubicon

1. to defeat in piquet [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Rubicon

1. A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar. By leading an army across this river, contrary to the prohibition of the civil government at Rome, Caesar precipitated the civil war which resulted in the death of Pompey and the overthrow of the senate; hence, the phrase to pass or cross the Rubicon signifies to take the decisive step by which one is committed to a hazardous enterprise from which there is no retreat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubicon

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