Restrict

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  • transitive verb. To keep or confine within physical limits.
  • transitive verb. To prevent or prohibit beyond a certain limit or by restriction: synonym: limit.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To prevent (a person or thing) from passing a certain limit in any kind of action; limit; restrain.
  • To attach limitations to (a proposition or conception), so that it shall not apply to all the subjects to which it would otherwise seem to apply: as, a restricted sense of a word.
  • Synonyms Repress, etc. (see restrain), hedge in.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine
  • adjective. Restricted.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
  • verb. To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. place limits on (extent or access)
  • verb. make more specific
  • verb. place restrictions on
  • verb. place under restrictions; limit access to
    • Word Usage
    "It is for this reason that the 14th Amendment contained a penalty for any state that attempted to once again restrict the vote."
    cross-reference
    confine  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    modify  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    addict  afflict  clicked  conflict  constrict  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amatorial  carbamate  d.c.-based  designate  end-user  
    Synonym
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    abate  adjust to  allocate  allot  alter  
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