Limit(v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
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.
Limitable(a.) Capable of being limited.
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(a.) Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited.
Limited(imp. & p. p.) of Limit
Limitedly(adv.) With limitation.
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.
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