to bound, set bounds to, limit, terminate, define:
fundi extremam partem oleae ordine: orbem terrarum (loca): huius
generis orationem, bring to an end. — Fig., to limit, define,
explain: genus brevi definiri potest: unum hoc definio, tantam
esse, etc., this only I declare, etc. — To fix, determine,
establish, appoint: aedīs sibi: ut suus cuique locus erat
definitus, Cs.: ante quem diem iturus sit,
Cs.: cum esset omnibus definita mors. — To limit,
bound, restrict, confine: amicitiam paribus officiis ac
voluntatibus.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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