delimit

Etymology

From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“I mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“I limit, I bound”); see limit.

verb

  1. (transitive) To mark or fix the limits of.
  2. (transitive) To demarcate.
    Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.
    The square brackets delimit the list, and individual elements are separated by commas.ᵂᴮ

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