verb to restrict (restricts, restricted, restricting)
- To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
Etymology: From Latin perfect passive participle restrictus, from verb restringere, from prefix re- again, + verb stringere.
- Dutch: beperken
- French: restreindre
- German: beschrí¤nken
- Italian: restringere
- Spanish: restringir
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