līmō āvī, ātus, āre lima, to file, polish, finish: stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat: vir urbanitate limatus.

—To investigate accurately, clear up: veritas limatur in disputatione: mendacium Subtiliter, Ph.

—To file off, take away from, diminish: tantum alteri adfinxit, de altero limavit: mea commoda, H.: se ad minutarum causarum genera, i. e. limited himself.