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n.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
n.
A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.
a.
Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction.
v.
Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
n.
A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
n.
A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.
a.
Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
prep.
Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
a.
Not surveyed, or designated by marks, limits, or boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company, or corporation; as, unlocated lands.
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Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system.
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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.
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In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.
n.
The capacity of living, or being distributed, over wide geographical limits; as, the viability of a species.
a.
Not conscionable; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; inordinate; as, an unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable size.
prep.
Hence, inside the limits, reach, or influence of; not going outside of; not beyond, overstepping, exceeding, or the like.
n.
An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc.
a.
Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.
adv. & prep.
A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
v. t.
To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.
n.
In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.
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