LIMITARY

Etymology

Adjective

limitary (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to a limit or boundary.

That limits or restricts.

Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc.

Anagrams

• military

Source: Wiktionary


Lim"i*ta*ry, a. Etym: [L.limitaris. See Limit , v. t.]

1. Placed at the limit, as a guard. "Proud limitary cherub." Milton.

2. Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc. "The limitary ocean." Trench. The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of the world. De Quincey.

3. Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive. Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal power. Milman.

Lim"i*ta*ry, n.; pl. -ries (.

1. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [Obs.] Fuller.

2. A limiter. See Limiter, 2.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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