limit

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Limited; p. pr. & vb. n. Limiting. ] [ F. limiter, L. limitare, fr. limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E. eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong. ] To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

Limiting parallels (Astron.), those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being limited. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. limitaneus. See Limit, v. t. ] Of or pertaining to a limit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to limit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. limitaries 1. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A limiter. See Limiter, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. limitaris. See Limit , v. t. ] 1. Placed at the limit, as a guard. “Proud limitary cherub.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc. “The limitary ocean.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of the world. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal power. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. limitatus, p. p. of limitare to limit. See Limit, v. t. ] Bounded by a distinct line. [ 1913 Webster ]