restrict
/ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/ · verb
Meaning
- To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
- To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- 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.
- restrictus(Latin)→
- *streyg-(ine-pro)→
- restrict (English)
- Relations: root, bor
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