Limit: alternatives and connections

The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

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The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. A…

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a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

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The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

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A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or ot…

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The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to dec…

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The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.

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A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

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To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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To retch.

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The quality or state of being stark.

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Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowl…

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Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end.

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The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost.

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A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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of Bind

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That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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of End

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Extended.

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The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

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To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

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To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…

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Taken.

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A covering for the head

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To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

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To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruc…

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To bend or curve

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To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

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

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

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

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To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements…

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A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber,…

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One who halts or limps; a cripple.

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A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…

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The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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Restricted.

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Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisi…

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To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

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To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.

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To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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A knot; a fastening.

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To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

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That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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An inscription written around anything.

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An inscription written around anything.

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One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.

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One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.

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

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

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The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.

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The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.

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The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

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The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

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That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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to write or engrave around.

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

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

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The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.

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

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Fixed; solidified.

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The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.

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Restricted.

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of Set

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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…

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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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

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Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them…

A value approached by a function or sequence.