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Restrict

//ɹɪˈstɹɪkt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Restricted. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine

    "After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt."

  2. 2
    place limits on (extent or amount or access) wordnet
  3. 3
    To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain. specifically

    "If we restrict sine to #92;left#91;-#92;frac#92;pi2,#92;frac#92;pi2#92;right#93;, we can define its inverse."

  4. 4
    place restrictions on wordnet
  5. 5
    prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed wordnet
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  1. 6
    place under restrictions; limit access to by law wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.

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