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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESTRICT'ED, pp. Limited; confined to bounds.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance" [ant: unrestricted]
2: restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') [syn: restricted, qualified]
3: the lowest level of official classification for documents

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1585 subject or subjected to restriction: as a. not general ; limited <the decision had a restricted effect> b. available to the use of particular groups or specifically excluding others <a restricted country club> c. not intended for general circulation or release <a restricted document> • restrictedly adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Restrict Re*strict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restricted; p. pr. & vb. n. 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. Syn: To limit; bound; circumscribe; restrain; repress; curb; coerce.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Something that is restricted is quite small or limited. ...the monotony of a heavily restricted diet... ADJ 2. If something is restricted to a particular group, only members of that group have it. If it is restricted to a particular place, it exists only in that place. Discipline problems are by no means restricted to children in families dependent on benefits... ADJ: v-link ADJ to n 3. A restricted area is one that only people with special permission can enter. ...a highly restricted area close to the old Khodinka airfield. ADJ

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