Meaning

adjective bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent

adjective of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person

originThe adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“to finish; to terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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