Definition for

limit


To restrict within limits; bound; set bounds to.

To assign to a limit or confine; fix within a limit; allot.

To fix as a limit; assign exclusively or specifically.

To exercise any function, as begging, within a limited district: as, a limiting friar.

noun – Inpoker, an amount, agreed upon before play begins, by which any one player may increase his bet over that of another. Sometimes called the raise.

noun – A definite terminal or border line; a boundary; that which bounds or circumscribes in a material manner; as, the northern limit of a field or town; the limits of a country.

noun – A terminal line or point in general; the extent or reach beyond which continuity ceases; a fixed term or bound as to amount, supply, continuance, inclusion, or the like: used of both material and immaterial things: as, to reach the limit of one's resources; the limit of vision or of resistance; to set limits to one's ambition.

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