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limit verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French limiter or Latin limitare, formed as LIMIT noun.]
verb trans. Assign, make over, within limits (also foll. by away); appoint, fix definitely; specify. (Foll. by to, upon, to do.) Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Marvell Neither do I believe we can finish it..within the time limited us.
b. Appoint (a person) to an office; assign (a duty) to a person. LME-M17.
c. Allot, apportion. Usu. foll. by out. M16-M17.
verb trans. Confine within limits, set bounds to; restrict. (Foll. by to.) LME.
G. M. Trevelyan The Ten Hours Bill limited the daily work of women and youths in textile factories. L. Cody Such space as there was was further limited by green filing-cabinets. J. McDougall I shall limit mystery here to giving a glimpse into a psychic scene.
verb trans. Serve as a limit or boundary to; mark off from. Now rare exc. as limiting ppl adjective. L16.
A. Holmes Domes and basins represent the limiting cases in which the beds dip in all directions..from, or..towards, the centre. Science News This chamber is the limiting factor in rocket design.
limitable adjective L16.