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restrict(dictionary)

restrict (iou)



restrict verb trans. Pa. pple & ppl adjective -ed, (earlier) restrict. See also RESTRICTED. LME.
[Orig. pa. pple, from Latin restrictus pa. pple of restringere RESTRAIN.]
1. Staunch (blood). Only in LME.
2. Limit, bound, confine, (to, within). M16.
Y. Menuhin My arrival restricted..these lessons. S. Rosenberg They are..restricted in their movements. P. Dally Heavy..curtains..restricted the light.
3. Restrain by prohibition, prevent from. M19.
P. Mailloux His Jewishness would not restrict him from working on Saturday.
? Described by Samuel Johnson (1755) as 'a word scarce English'. In earlier use chiefly Sc.
restrictable adjective L19.
restrictee noun a person whose freedom of movement is restricted, esp. for political reasons M20.
restrictor noun (a) a person who restricts someone or who advocates restriction; (b) a device for restricting the flow of a fluid: E19.