RESTRICT

restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

(verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access); “restrict the use of this parking lot”; “limit the time you can spend with your friends”

restrict, curtail, curb, cut back

(verb) place restrictions on; “curtail drinking in school”

restrict

(verb) prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed

restrict, control

(verb) place under restrictions; limit access to by law; “this substance is controlled”; “that area is restricted to security personnel only”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

restrict (third-person singular simple present restricts, present participle restricting, simple past and past participle restricted)

To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine

(specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.

If we restrict sine to \([-\frac\pi2,\frac\pi2]\), we can define its inverse.

Synonyms

• (to restrain within bounds): limit, bound, circumscribe, withstrain, restrain, repress, curb, coerce

Adjective

restrict (comparative more restrict, superlative most restrict)

(obsolete) Restricted.

Anagrams

• critters, stricter

Source: Wiktionary


Re*strict", a. Etym: [L. restrictus, p. p. of restringere. See Restrain.]

Definition: Restricted. [Obs.]

Re*strict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restricted; p. pr. & vb. n. Restricting.]

Definition: To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

Syn.

– To limit; bound; circumscribe; restrain; repress; curb; coerce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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