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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

restrictus

, p. p. of

restringere

. See

Restricted.

[Obs.]

Verb.

[

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.

Verb.

[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.