| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·strict |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -strkt |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: re·strict·ed, re·strict·ing, re·stricts
To keep or confine within limits. See synonyms at limit. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin restringere, restrict- : re-, re- + stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | re·strictor, re·stricter —NOUN
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