delimit

(-ĭ-tāt')
tr.v., -it·ed, also -tat·ed, -it·ing, -tat·ing, -its, -tates.
To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.

[French délimiter, from Latin dēlīmitāre : dē-, de- + līmitāre, to limit (from līmes, līmit-, boundary line).]

delimitation de·lim'i·ta'tion n.
delimitative de·lim'i·ta'tive adj.

verb

To fix the limits of: bound, delimitate, demarcate, determine, limit, mark (off or out), measure. See limited/unlimited.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: determine the essential quality of
  Synonyms: specify, define, delineate, delimitate

Meaning #2: be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
  Synonym: subtend

Meaning #3: set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
  Synonyms: demarcate, delimitate

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afgrænse

Nederlands (Dutch)
begrenzen

Français (French)
v. tr. - délimiter

Deutsch (German)
v. - eingrenzen, begrenzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - οριοθετώ

Italiano (Italian)
delimitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - delimitar

Русский (Russian)
ограничить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - delimitar, acotar, demarcar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avgränsa, begränsa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
定界限, 划界

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 定界限, 劃界

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 한계를 정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 範囲を定める, 明確に記述する, 境界を定める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصلح أو يحدد حدود شئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תחם, קבע גבולות‬

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