(v. t.) That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or
confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit
of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or
endeavor.
(v. t.) The space or thing defined by limits.
(v. t.) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period
itself; the full time or extent.
(v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
(v. t.) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a
differentia.
(v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one
continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given
difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can
never become exactly equivalent.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain
limited region; as, a limiting friar.
