Restrict
WordNet
verb
(1) Make more specific
"Qualify these remarks"
(2) Place limits on (extent or access)
"Restrict the use of this parking lot"
"Limit the time you can spend with your friends"
(3) Place restrictions on
"Curtail drinking in school"
(4) Place under restrictions; limit access to
"This substance is controlled"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Latin perfect passive participle restrictus, from verb restringere, from prefix re- again, + verb stringere.
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.
- To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- If we restrict sine to , we can define its inverse.