| Limit (limit) |
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| n. | (l***ibreve]m"***ibreve]t) |
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| Lim"it |
| [From
L. limes, limitis: cf. F. limite; or from E.
limit, v. See Limit, v. t.] |
That which terminates, circumscribes,
restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost
extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the
limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
The space or thing defined by
limits.
That which terminates a period of time;
hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
A restriction; a check; a curb; a
hindrance.
A determining
feature] a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
A determinate quantity, to
which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it
by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of
variation, the variable can never become exactly
equivalent.
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| Limit (limit) |
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| v. t. | (l***ibreve]m"***ibreve]t) |
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| Lim"it |
| [imp. *** p. p. Limited] p. pr. *** vb.
n. Limiting.] [F. limiter, L.
limitare, fr. limes, limitis, limit] prob. akin
to limen threshold, E. eliminate; |
To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to
terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to
limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of
paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to
limit the meaning of a word.
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To beg, or to
exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a
limiting friar.
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