'Demarcate' definitions:
Definition of 'demarcate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Separate clearly, as if by boundaries
verb
Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something [syn: demarcate, delimit, delimitate]
Definition of 'Demarcate'
From: GCIDE
- Demarcate \De*mar"cate\, v. t. [See Demarcation.] To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate. --Wilkinson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'demarcate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analyze,
- be characteristic,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blemish,
- blotch,
- bound,
- brand,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- characterize,
- check,
- check off,
- cicatrize,
- circle in,
- circumscribe,
- contradistinguish,
- dapple,
- dash,
- define,
- delimit,
- delimitate,
- demark,
- describe,
- determine,
- differentiate,
- discolor,
- discriminate,
- distinguish,
- divide,
- dot,
- draw the line,
- earmark,
- enclose,
- engrave,
- fix,
- fleck,
- freckle,
- gash,
- hatch,
- impress,
- imprint,
- keynote,
- lay off,
- limit,
- line,
- make a mark,
- mark,
- mark boundaries,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mark the interface,
- mark the periphery,
- mottle,
- nick,
- notch,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- pick out,
- point,
- prick,
- print,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- riddle,
- rope off,
- scar,
- scarify,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- screen,
- screen out,
- seal,
- seam,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set a limit,
- set apart,
- set off,
- set the limit,
- set the pace,
- set the tone,
- sever,
- severalize,
- sieve,
- sieve out,
- sift,
- sift out,
- sort,
- sort out,
- sound the keynote,
- specify,
- speck,
- speckle,
- split hairs,
- splotch,
- spot,
- stain,
- stake out,
- stamp,
- stigmatize,
- streak,
- striate,
- stripe,
- subdivide,
- subtilize,
- surround,
- tattoo,
- tick,
- tick off,
- trace,
- underline,
- underscore,
- winnow