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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Restricted.

2. (v. t.) To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

Greek

4729. stenochoreo -- to be made narrow, to compress
... Cognate: 4729 (from 4728 , "narrow" and 5566, "an area, space") -- properly, to
restrict, keep in a closed space; , severely cramp; (figuratively) for someone ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4729.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

3607. kala -- to shut up, restrain, withhold
... A primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit) -- finish,
forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed ...
/hebrew/3607.htm - 6k

Library

The General Conference of 1804, and of the Annual Conferences of ...
... To restrict the power of the presiding elders in the employment of preachers whose
application to be received into the traveling ministry had been rejected by ...
/.../chapter 6 the general conference.htm

Whether the Reason for Divorce was Hatred for the Wife?
... Some, however, restrict these causes within narrower limits, saying with sufficient
probability that it was not lawful to divorce a wife except for some cause ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the reason for divorce.htm

'Love Buildeth Up'
... That being premised, Paul comes to his final point; namely, that Christian men are
bound to restrict their liberty so that they shall not tempt weaker brethren ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/love buildeth up.htm

Presbyterian Worship Outside of the Established Church of Scotland ...
... condemned, as was also "the conduct of those adult persons who, in ordinary
circumstances, either in public, in private, or in secret, restrict themselves to ...
/.../johnston/presbyterian worship/chapter viii presbyterian worship outside.htm

A Period of Transition
... off for a long while the embroilments, civil and religious, to which Massachusetts
was frequently exposed through her attempts to restrain, restrict, and force ...
/.../the development of religious liberty in connecticut/chapter v a period of.htm

Choice Op Companions.
... But if it is dangerous to restrict the heart to silence and inaction it
is much more dangerous to feed it on frivolous affections. ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xiv choice op companions.htm

Death Swallowed up in victory
... This victory however, being the Redeemer's work and the fruit of His mediation,
the Scripture teaches us to restrict the benefits of it to the subjects of His ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xliii death swallowed up.htm

Third Sunday after Easter Second Sermon.
... adopt it likewise. But it is not our purpose in so doing to restrict those
who prefer the old arrangement. The entire fifteenth ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/third sunday after easter second.htm

The Destiny of Man
... evil. But in the future life he will not have the power to will evil; and
yet this will not thereby restrict his free will. Indeed ...
/.../augustine/handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xxviii the destiny of.htm

The Evil Resulting from the Bringing in of Novel Doctrine Shown in ...
... being rescinded, while the determinations of our ancestors are being torn in pieces,
the lust of profane and novel curiosity refuses to restrict itself within ...
/.../vincent/the commonitory of vincent of lerins/chapter iv the evil resulting.htm

Thesaurus

Restrict (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds
to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet. ...
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Qualify (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular
or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to ...
/q/qualify.htm - 8k

Narrow (21 Occurrences)
... 11. (vt) To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish;
to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge ...
/n/narrow.htm - 14k

Lowland (34 Occurrences)
... There has been an attempt to restrict the term to the foothills, at least as far
as the more ancient documents are concerned, but there can be little doubt ...
/l/lowland.htm - 19k

Limit (115 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or
restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit ...
/l/limit.htm - 36k

Restrain (31 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To hinder from unlimited enjoinment; to abridge. 4. (vt) To limit; to confine;
to restrict. 5. (vt) To withhold; to forbear. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/r/restrain.htm - 15k

Restricted (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Restrict. Multi-Version Concordance
Restricted (4 Occurrences). Matthew 7:14 How narrow ...
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Restraints (2 Occurrences)

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Definite (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Determined; resolved. 4. (a.) Serving to define or restrict; limiting;
determining; as, the definite article. 5. (n.) A thing defined or determined. ...
/d/definite.htm - 8k

Prisoner (87 Occurrences)
... 4. Causes of Imprisonment: It was often necessary to restrict the liberty of
individuals who for various causes were a menace to those in authority, without ...
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Bible Concordance

Restrict (1 Occurrence)

1 Corinthians 7:35 Thus much I say in your own interest; not to lay a trap for you, but to help towards what is becoming, and enable you to wait on the Lord without distraction.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Restrict

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Qualify (2 Occurrences)

Narrow (21 Occurrences)

Lowland (34 Occurrences)

Limit (115 Occurrences)

Restrain (31 Occurrences)

Restricted (4 Occurrences)

Restraints (2 Occurrences)

Definite (6 Occurrences)

Prisoner (87 Occurrences)