Definition of limit

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Limit (v. t.) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent..

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Within :: Within (prep.) In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income..
Pool :: Pool (n.) A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool..
Confinity :: Confinity (n.) Community of limits; contiguity.
Ageless :: Ageless (a.) Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth..
Extreme :: Extreme (a.) At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit..
In :: In (prep.) The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among..
Definite :: Definite (a.) Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval..
Trio :: Trio (n.) The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance forms; -- not limited to three parts or instruments..
Limitour :: Limitour (n.) See Limiter, 2..
Sponsional :: Sponsion (n.) An act or engagement on behalf of a state, by an agent not specially authorized for the purpose, or by one who exceeds the limits of authority..
Kenning :: Kenning (v. t.) The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles..
Unbounded :: Unbounded (a.) Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition..
Universal :: Universal (a.) Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient..
Shortsighted :: Shortsighted (a.) Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.
In :: In (prep.) With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life..
Unlocated :: Unlocated (a.) Not surveyed, or designated by marks, limits, or boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company, or corporation; as, unlocated lands..
Massacre :: Massacre (n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings..
Purview :: Purview (n.) Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..
Overstay :: Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time..
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