Definition of limit

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Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

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Terminate :: Terminate (v. i.) To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
Exterritoriality :: Exterritoriality (n.) The state of being beyond the limits of a country.
Rape :: Rape (n.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds..
Envelop :: Envelop (n.) A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine..
Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..
Full-grown :: Full-grown (a.) Having reached the limits of growth; mature.
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed..
Circumscriptively :: Circumscriptively (adv.) In a limited manner.
Height :: Height (n.) Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest..
Curate :: Curate (n.) One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar..
Particular :: Particular (a.) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise..
Sorghum :: Sorghum (n.) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian)..
Condition :: Condition (n.) To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of..
Limitaneous :: Limitaneous (v. t.) Of or pertaining to a limit.
In :: In (prep.) With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor..
Topically :: Topically (adv.) In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic..
Topical :: Topical (n.) Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege..
Merestone :: Merestone (n.) A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.
In :: In (prep.) With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God..
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..
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