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<cs><col>Elastic limit</col>. <cd>See under <er>Elastic</er>.</cd> -- <col>Prison limits</col>, <cd>a definite, extent of space in or around a prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and come.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound; confine.</syn>

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<hw>Lim"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Limited</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Limiting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>limiter</ets>, L. <ets>limitare</ets>, fr. <ets>limes</ets>, <ets>limitis</ets>, limit; prob. akin to <ets>limen</ets> threshold, E. <ets>eliminate</ets>; cf. L. <ets>limus</ets> sidelong.]</ety> <def>To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; <as>as, to <ex>limit</ex> the acreage of a crop; to <ex>limit</ex> the issue of paper money; to <ex>limit</ex> one's ambitions or aspirations; to <ex>limit</ex> the meaning of a word.</as></def>

<cs><col>Limiting parallels</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Lim"it</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; <as>as, a <ex>limiting</ex> friar</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Lim"it*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being limited.</def>

<h1>Limitaneous</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim`i*ta"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>limitancus</ets>. See <er>Limit</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a limit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Lim`i*ta"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to limit.</def>

<h1>Limitary</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"i*ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>limitaris</ets>. See <er>Limit</er> , <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Placed at the limit, as a guard.</def> "Proud <i>limitary</i> cherub."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc.</def> "The <i>limitary</i> ocean."

<i>Trench.</i>

<blockquote>The poor, <b>limitary</b> creature calling himself a man of the world. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive.</def>

<blockquote>Doctrines <b>limitary</b>, if not subversive of the papal power. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Lim"i*ta*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-ries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A limiter. See <er>Limiter</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Limitate</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>limitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>limitare</ets> to limit. See <er>Limit</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> ]</ety> <def>Bounded by a distinct line.</def>

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