də̇ˈmärˌkāt, dēˈ-, ˈdē(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷, -mȧˌk-, usu -ād.+V transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: back-formation from demarcation
1. : to mark by bounds : determine the boundary of : delimit
the frontier with Yugoslavia had not yet been demarcated exactly — Collier's Year Book
2. : to set apart clearly or distinctly as if by definite limits or boundaries : discriminate
the distinction between influence and imitation demarcates equally the imaginatively creative from the merely cerebrally inventive writer — Elizabeth Bowen
Synonyms: see distinguish