Meanings
demark1
present singular third person demarks · participle present demarking · participle past demarked · past demarked
- transitiveTo demarcate.
The book's three sections: "An Accidental Childhood," "A Feminine Age," and "The Wider Sphere Of Reference" — demark the familial, social and personal landscapes which Strouse carefully maps out.
1981 April 11, David Foushee, “What It Meant To Be Alice James”, in Gay Community News, page 12
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Origin
demark · verb
- Medieval Latinmarcō“to mark”
- Latindē-“off”
- New Latin*demarcō“to mark off, set the bounds of, bound”
- Frenchdémarquer
- Englishdemark
From French démarquer, from New Latin *demarcō (“to mark off, set the bounds of, bound”), from Latin dē- (“off”) + Medieval Latin marcō (“to mark”), from marca (“bound, mark, march”). By surface analysis, de- + mark. See mark, march.
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Full word history & related roots →Demark · proper noun
- ItalianDe Marco
- FrenchDemarcq
- EnglishDemark
Altered spelling of French Demarcq, or alternatively an Americanized form of Italian De Marco.
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demark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demark
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