restrict

[ ri-strikt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.

Origin of restrict

1
First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin restrictus “drawn back, tightened, bound, reserved,” adjective use of past participle of restringere “to bind back, bind fast”; see restrain

Other words for restrict

Opposites for restrict

Other words from restrict

  • re·strict·er, re·stric·tor, noun
  • de·re·strict, verb (used with object)
  • non·re·strict·ing, adjective
  • o·ver·re·strict, verb (used with object)
  • pre·re·strict, verb (used with object)

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British Dictionary definitions for restrict

restrict

/ (rɪˈstrɪkt) /


verb
  1. (often foll by to) to confine or keep within certain often specified limits or selected bounds: to restrict one's drinking to the evening

Origin of restrict

1
C16: from Latin rēstrictus bound up, from rēstringere; see restrain

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