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restrict

/ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
  2. To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
  3. Restricted.

Etymology / origin

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.

  1. restrictus(Latin)
  2. *streyg-(ine-pro)
  3. restrict (English)
  4. Relations: root, bor

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