Hypertext Webster Gateway: "restrictive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Restrictive \Re*strict"ive\, a. [Cf. F. restrictif.]
1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a
restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.
2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
--{Re*strict"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*strict"ive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
restrictive
adj 1: serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive
home environments" [ant: {unrestrictive}]
2: (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting
imports
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