Hypertext Webster Gateway: "restrict"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Restrict \Re*strict"\, a. [L. restrictus, p. p. of restringere.
See {Restrain}.]
Restricted. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Restrict \Re*strict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Restricted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Restricting}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
restrict
v 1: place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: {curtail},
{curb}, {cut back}]
2: place under restrictions; limit access to [syn: {limit}]
[ant: {derestrict}]
3: place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot"
[syn: {restrain}, {trammel}, {limit}, {bound}, {confine},
{throttle}]
4: make more specific; "qualify these remarks" [syn: {qualify}]
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