limitate

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adjective

Bounded by a distinct line or boundary.

OriginLatin līmitātus →
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Meanings

adjectivelimitate (not comparable)
  1. alsofigurativelynot comparableobsoleteBounded by a distinct line or boundary.

    There is a twofold power, an abſolute power, and a limitate power:[…]

    1636, John Weemes, “Of the ſecond degenerate Son, the Magitian”, in A treatiſe of the foure degenerate ſonnes, 10. Of the power of the devill, what Satan can doe by himſelfe, and by his inſtruments.
verblimitate (third-person singular simple present limitates, present participle limitating, simple past and past participle limitated)

present singular third person limitates · participle present limitating · participle past limitated · past limitated

  1. nonstandardTo limit

Origin

  1. Latinlīmitātus
  2. Englishlimitate

Borrowed from Latin līmitātus, perfect passive participle of līmitō (“to limit”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See limit.

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APA

limitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limitate

MLA

“limitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limitate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limitate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limitate.

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