Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Limit \Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limited}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Limiting}.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr.
   limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E.
   eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.]
   To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate,
   circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit
   the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to
   limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of
   a word.

   {Limiting parallels} (Astron.), those parallels of latitude
      between which only an occultation of a star or planet by
      the moon, in a given case, can occur.

Limited \Lim"it*ed\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t*[e^]d), a.
   Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted;
   as, our views of nature are very limited.

   {Limited company}, a company in which the liability of each
      shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has
      taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute
      beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.

Source : WordNet®

limited
     adj 1: small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success";
            "a limited circle of friends" [ant: {unlimited}]
     2: subject to limits or subjected to limits [syn: {circumscribed}]
     3: including only a part
     4: mediocre [syn: {modified}]
     5: not excessive
     6: having a specific function or scope; "a special (or
        specific) role in the mission" [syn: {special}]
     7: not unlimited; "a limited list of choices"