RESTRICT


Meaning of RESTRICT in English

— restricter, restrictor , n.

/ri strikt"/ , v.t.

to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.

[ 1525-35; restrictus drawn back, tightened, bound, reserved, orig. ptp. of restringere to RESTRAIN, equiv. to re- RE- + strictus STRICT ]

Syn . curb, circumscribe, abridge, restrain.

Ant . free.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .