delimit-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: define; determine essential qualities of

Examples:
We fight the formulas we create to delimit ourselves.
It is impossible to delimit the narrative styles of rationalism and fantasy.
Immigrants must delimit the meaning of their new ethnic identity.
This is how the dominant culture can delimit the expression of ethnic identity.
It was an attempt to delimit a range of moral universals.
The genetic markers delimit a southern torrent salamander ESU in California.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: delimit.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: mark boundaries between things

Examples:
It has no fences; trees delimit its perimeter.
Did the gate delimit property?
Kant certainly wants to delimit the bounds of reason.
The sporangium is delimited by a transverse wall.
The public policy seeks to delimit young people's geography.
His questions also delimit the boundaries of social-historical explanation.
They merely illustrate the scope of the power and do not delimit it.
The colored blocks delimit areas that measure force and density.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: delimit.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 3: in geometry to be opposite to

Examples:
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Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2