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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. |
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The space or thing defined by limits. |
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That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period
itself; the full time or extent. |
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A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. |
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A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a
differentia. |
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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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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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