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re⋅strict⋅ed

  [ri-strik-tid]
Use restricted in a Sentence
–adjective
1. confined; limited.
2. (of information, a document, etc.)
a. bearing the classification restricted, usually the lowest level of classified information.
b. limited to persons authorized to use information, documents, etc., so classified. Compare classification (def. 5).
3. limited to or admitting only members of a particular group or class: a restricted neighborhood; a restricted hotel.
Origin:
1820–30; restrict + -ed 2

Related forms:
re⋅strict⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
re⋅strict⋅ed⋅ness, noun

re⋅strict

  [ri-strikt]
–verb (used with object)
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
Origin:
1525–35; < L restrictus drawn back, tightened, bound, reserved, orig. ptp. of restringere to restrain, equiv. to re- re- + strictus strict

Related forms:
re⋅strict⋅er, re⋅stric⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
curb, circumscribe, abridge, restrain.

Antonyms:
free.
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re·strict   (rĭ-strĭkt')   
tr.v.   re·strict·ed, re·strict·ing, re·stricts
To keep or confine within limits. See Synonyms at limit.

[Latin restringere, restrict- : re-, re- + stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]
re·stric'tor, re·strict'er n.
re·strict·ed   (rĭ-strĭk'tĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Kept within certain limits; limited: on a restricted diet.

  2. Excluding or unavailable to certain groups: a restricted area.

  3. Of, relating to, or being information available only to authorized persons.

re·strict'ed·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry: re·strict
Function: transitive verb
1 : to subject to bounds or limits <restrict the height of buildings> <restrict visitation rights>
2 : to place under restrictions as to use or distribution <restricted the land to recreational use>

Main Entry: re·strict·ed
Function: adjective
: subject or subjected to restriction restricted area> <restricted use>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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