In 6 Sc. limitat. [ad. L. līmitāt-us, pa. pple. of līmitāre to LIMIT.] † A. pa. pple. = LIMITED. Obs.
1581. N. Burne, in Cath. Tractates (S.T.S.), 164. As gif … his pouar of virking miraclis var limitat to the pairtis onlie quhair your Sanctis var bureit.
1585. Jas. I., Ess. Poesie (Arb.), 21. Translations are limitat, and restraind in some things, more than free inuentions are.
B. ppl. a. a. Of land: Parted off by limits or boundaries. rare.
1853. Whewell, trans. Grotius’ De Jure Belli, I. 407. Land … determined by its measured quantity, is governed by the same rule as limitate land.
b. Bot. Bounded by a distinct line, as the hypothallus in some lichens.
1871. W. A. Leighton, Lichen-flora, 401. Arthonia ilicina,… smooth, shining, scaly, limitate.
