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Delimit

To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

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Ascertain 76% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Confine 76% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Counterbalance 76% connected

To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Find 76% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Limit 76% connected

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Oppose 76% connected

To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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Restrict 76% connected

Restricted.

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Throttle 76% connected

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trammel 76% connected

A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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Manner of action 1

Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Delimitation 74% connected

The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Delimitation 74% connected

The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Delineation 74% connected

The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Delineation 74% connected

The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Define 92% connected

To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Delineate 92% connected

Delineated; portrayed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Demarcate 92% connected

To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Specify 92% connected

To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Subtend 92% connected

To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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