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mark off en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To separate by or as with a boundary line.
   • Measure the gap, mark it off with a pencil, and cut the wood to size.
   • The Latin form, templum, from which the English temple is derived, originally signified an uncovered area marked off by boundaries; especially the place marked off by the augurs to be excepted from all profane uses." 1913, Catholic Encyclopedia^(http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Temple):
   • A society marked off into classes need be specially attentive only to the education of its ruling elements. 1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:
2. (transitive) To indicate as dealt with, as on a list.

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Synonyms

delineate (to separate by a boundary) · check off (to indicate as dealt with)