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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class II. Words Relating to Space
Section II. Dimensions
3. Centrical Dimensions
1. General

233. Limit.

   NOUN:LIMIT, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn or bourne, verge, curbstone, but [Scot.], pale; termination, terminus, terminal; stint, stent; frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods.
  BOUNDARY LINE, landmark; line of -demarcation, – circumvallation; pillars of Hercules; Rubicon, turning point; ne plus ultra [L.]; sluice, floodgate.
   VERB:LIMIT, bound, compass, confine, define, circumscribe, demarcate, delimit.
   ADJECTIVE:DEFINITE; conterminate [obs.], conterminable; terminable, limitable; terminal, frontier; bordering, border, limitary, boundary, limital [rare].
   ADVERB:THUS FAR, – and no further.
   QUOTATION:The undiscover’d country from whose bourn No traveller returns.—Hamlet