Delimitation :: Delimitation (n.) The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.

Illimitation :: Illimitation (n.) State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation..

Imitating :: Imitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imitat.

Imitation :: Imitation (n.) The act of imitating.

Imitation :: Imitation (n.) That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance..

Imitation :: Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon..

Imitation :: Imitation (n.) The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3..

Imitational :: Imitational (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities..

Imitative :: Imitative (a.) Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art..

Imitative :: Imitative (a.) Formed after a model, pattern, or original..

Imitative :: Imitative (a.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative..

Imitative :: Imitative (n.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council..

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought..

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district..

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A limited time within or during which something is to be done.

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation..

Nonlimitation :: Nonlimitation (n.) Want of limitation; failure to limit.

Random Fonts

Most Popular