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limitative adjective formaluk /ˈlɪm.ɪ.tə.tɪv/ us /ˈlɪm.əˌteɪ.t̬ɪv/ causing or creating limits to something: Our experiment was only demonstrative and limitative because only two kinds of light ions were used. The past physically dominated and shaped the present and the future of the sacred sites, serving for the most part as a limitative factor. We therefore regard Theorem 2 as having genuine limitative import. He viewed the historian's role essentially in limitative terms, as defending ecclesiastical history against false accusations rather than contributing positively to the revelation of truth. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Limiting and restricting anti-libertarian armlock boundary box someone out box someone/something in crippling cripplingly crowd curb curtail keep (herself) to herselfidiom keep something down limit limitation limiting suffocatingly tempered tie someone down tie someone up uncrippled |