demarcatev.

Brit.

/ˈdiːmɑːkeɪt/, U.S.

/dəˈmɑrˌkeɪt/,

/diˈmɑrˌkeɪt/,

/ˈdimɑrˌkeɪt/

Etymology: Back-formation < demarcation n.; see -ate suffix³: compare Spanish demarcar, Portuguese demarcar.

transitive. To mark out or determine the boundary or limits of; to mark off, separate, or distinguish from; to mark or determine, as a boundary or limit; to define.

a. literal in reference to spatial limits, as of territory.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > fix boundary of

meteeOE

markeOE

mereOE

bound1393

determinea1398

terminea1398

rede1415

measurea1513

butt1523

space1548

limit1555

determinate1563

to mark out1611

contermine1624

to run out1671

verge1759

demarcate1816

outline1817

define1843

rope1862

delimit1879

delimitate1879

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 214 The marine deposits..appear to demarcate its extreme undulation here.

1882 St. James's Gaz. Apr. The region thus demarcated is..the only part of Wales described..in Domesday.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 June 11/1 An Anglo-Russian Commission will proceed.. to demarcate the northern frontier of Afghanistan.

b. figurative in reference to other than spatial limits.

ΚΠ

1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 314 How shall we demarcate Reproduction from Growth?

1883 Athenæum 20 Jan. 79 Sharp distinctions of national flavour which demarcate one European literature from another.

Derivatives

ˈdemarcated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individual or distinct

sunderlyeOE

sundryOE

serec1175

proper1340

serelepesa1400

sundrylepesc1400

sunderlepesa1450

peculiar1509

several1533

unconfounded1577

well-distinguished1594

articulate1603

unconfused1609

inconfused1626

separate1691

demarcated1862

1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. xxi. §169 The demarcated grouping which we everywhere see.

ˈdemarcating adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [adjective] > determining boundary

demarcating1840

limiting1884

1840 W. E. Gladstone Church Princ. 34 For the preservation of the demarcating lines.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demarcate
释义	demarcatev. Brit. /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪt/, U.S. /dəˈmɑrˌkeɪt/, /diˈmɑrˌkeɪt/, /ˈdimɑrˌkeɪt/ Etymology: Back-formation < demarcation n.; see -ate suffix³: compare Spanish demarcar, Portuguese demarcar. transitive. To mark out or determine the boundary or limits of; to mark off, separate, or distinguish from; to mark or determine, as a boundary or limit; to define. a. literal in reference to spatial limits, as of territory. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > fix boundary of meteeOE markeOE mereOE bound1393 determinea1398 terminea1398 rede1415 measurea1513 butt1523 space1548 limit1555 determinate1563 to mark out1611 contermine1624 to run out1671 verge1759 demarcate1816 outline1817 define1843 rope1862 delimit1879 delimitate1879 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 214 The marine deposits..appear to demarcate its extreme undulation here. 1882 St. James's Gaz. Apr. The region thus demarcated is..the only part of Wales described..in Domesday. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 June 11/1 An Anglo-Russian Commission will proceed.. to demarcate the northern frontier of Afghanistan. b. figurative in reference to other than spatial limits. ΚΠ 1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 314 How shall we demarcate Reproduction from Growth? 1883 Athenæum 20 Jan. 79 Sharp distinctions of national flavour which demarcate one European literature from another. Derivatives ˈdemarcated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individual or distinct sunderlyeOE sundryOE serec1175 proper1340 serelepesa1400 sundrylepesc1400 sunderlepesa1450 peculiar1509 several1533 unconfounded1577 well-distinguished1594 articulate1603 unconfused1609 inconfused1626 separate1691 demarcated1862 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. xxi. §169 The demarcated grouping which we everywhere see. ˈdemarcating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [adjective] > determining boundary demarcating1840 limiting1884 1840 W. E. Gladstone Church Princ. 34 For the preservation of the demarcating lines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1816
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