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restrict
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)
- To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
- (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- If we restrict sine to , 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)
- (obsolete) Restricted.
Anagrams
- critters, stricter
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oblige
English
Etymology
From Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, obliger, from Latin obligo, obligare, from ob- + ligo. Doublet of obligate, taken straight from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??bla?d?/
- Rhymes: -a?d?
Verb
oblige (third-person singular simple present obliges, present participle obliging, simple past and past participle obliged)
- (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
- I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
- (transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
- He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive.
- The singer obliged with another song.
- (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
- I am obliged to you for your recent help.
Usage notes
Aside from in American English and Scottish, "obliged" has largely replaced "obligate" by the 20th century, the latter being more common in the 17th through 19th centuries.
Derived terms
- disoblige
Related terms
- much obliged
- noblesse oblige
- obligate
- obligation
- obligatory
- obligee
- obligor
Translations
References
Anagrams
- big ole, biogel, globie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.bli?/
Verb
oblige
- first-person singular present indicative of obliger
- third-person singular present indicative of obliger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of obliger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of obliger
- second-person singular imperative of obliger
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [o?blid??e]
Verb
oblige
- third-person singular present subjunctive of obliga
- third-person plural present subjunctive of obliga
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