different between restrict vs astrict

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restring? (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + string? (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

restrict (third-person singular simple present restricts, present participle restricting, simple past and past participle restricted)

1. To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
2. (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.

   If we restrict sine to ${\displaystyle [-{\frac {\pi }{2}},{\frac {\pi }{2}}]}$, we can define its inverse.

Synonyms

• (to restrain within bounds): limit, bound, circumscribe, withstrain, restrain, repress, curb, coerce

Related terms

• restriction
• restraint
• restrain

Translations

Adjective

restrict (comparative more restrict, superlative most restrict)

1. (obsolete) Restricted.

Anagrams

• critters, stricter

English

Etymology

Latin astrictus, past participle of astringere. See astringe.

Verb

astrict (third-person singular simple present astricts, present participle astricting, simple past and past participle astricted)

1. (transitive) To bind, constrain, or restrict.
   • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies, page 105

     That the solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted as they let the Humours pass, either in too small of too great Quantities.

   • The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought.

2. (transitive) To estop.
3. (Scotland, law) To restrict the tenure of.

   to astrict lands

Anagrams

• Cartist, stratic, tricast