demark
See also: Demark
English
Etymology
From French démarquer, from New Latin *demarcō (“to mark off, set the bounds of, bound”), from Latin dē- (“off”) + Medieval Latin marcō (“to mark”), from marca (“bound, mark, march”). By surface analysis, de- + mark. See mark, march.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diːˈmɑɹk/
Verb
demark (third-person singular simple present demarks, present participle demarking, simple past and past participle demarked)
- (transitive) To demarcate.
- 1981 April 11, David Foushee, “What It Meant To Be Alice James”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
- The book's three sections: "An Accidental Childhood," "A Feminine Age," and "The Wider Sphere Of Reference" — demark the familial, social and personal landscapes which Strouse carefully maps out.
Related terms
Further reading
- “demark”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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