demark

English

Etymology

From French démarquer, from New Latin *demarcare (“to mark off, set the bounds of, bound”), from Latin de (“off”) + Medieval Latin marcare (“to mark”), from marca (“bound, mark, march”); see mark, march.

Verb

demark (third-person singular simple present demarks, present participle demarking, simple past and past participle demarked)

  1. (transitive) To demarcate.

Further reading

  • demark in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • demark in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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