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Webster 1913 Edition


Restrict

Re-strict′

,
Adj.
[L.
restrictus
, p. p. of
restringere
. See
Restrain
.]
Restricted.
[Obs.]

Re-strict′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Restrict

RESTRICT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. restrictus, from restringo. See Restrain.]
To limit; to confine; to restrain within bounds; as, to restrict words to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

Definition 2024


restrict

restrict

English

Verb

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

  1. To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
    • 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
      It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.
  2. (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
    If we restrict sine to , we can define its inverse.

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Adjective

restrict (comparative more restrict, superlative most restrict)

  1. (obsolete) Restricted.

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