| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section II. Dimensions | | 3. Centrical Dimensions |
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| 233. Limit. |
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| NOUN: | LIMIT, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn or bourne, verge, curbstone, but [Scot.], pale; termination, terminus, terminal; stint, stent; frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods.
BOUNDARY LINE, landmark; line of -demarcation, - circumvallation; pillars of Hercules; Rubicon, turning point; ne plus ultra [L.]; sluice, floodgate.
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| VERB: | LIMIT, bound, compass, confine, define, circumscribe, demarcate, delimit.
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| ADJECTIVE: | DEFINITE; conterminate [obs.], conterminable; terminable, limitable; terminal, frontier; bordering, border, limitary, boundary, limital [rare].
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| ADVERB: | THUS FAR, - and no further.
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| QUOTATION: | The undiscover’d country from whose bourn No traveller returns.—Hamlet |
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