| 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. |
| Limit |
v. t. |
The space or thing defined by limits. |
| Limit |
v. t. |
That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. |
| Limit |
v. t. |
A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. |
| Limit |
v. t. |
A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia. |
| Limit |
v. t. |
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. |
| Limit |
v. t. |
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. |
| Limit |
v. i. |
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar. |
| Limitable |
a. |
Capable of being limited. |
| Limitaneous |
v. t. |
Of or pertaining to a limit. |
| Limitarian |
a. |
Tending to limit. |
| Limitary |
v. t. |
Placed at the limit, as a guard. |
| Limitary |
v. t. |
Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc. |
| Limitary |
v. t. |
Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive. |
| Limitary |
n. |
That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. |
| Limitary |
n. |
A limiter. See Limiter, 2. |
| Limitate |
v. t. |
Bounded by a distinct line. |
| Limitation |
v. t. |
The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. |
| Limitation |
v. t. |
That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought. |
| Limitation |
v. t. |
A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district. |
| Limitation |
v. t. |
A limited time within or during which something is to be done. |
| Limitation |
v. t. |
A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit. |
| Limitation |
v. t. |
A settling of an estate or property by specific rules. |
| Limitation |
v. t. |
A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation. |
| Limited |
imp. & p. p. |
of Limit |
| Limited |
a. |
Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited. |
| Limitedly |
adv. |
With limitation. |
| Limitedness |
n. |
The quality of being limited. |
| Limiter |
n. |
One who, or that which, limits. |
| Limiter |
n. |
A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. |
| Limiting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Limit |
| Limitive |
a. |
Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers. |
| Limitless |
a. |
Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. |
| Limitour |
n. |
See Limiter, 2. |
