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limitare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abridge verb To deprive; to cut off.
  • constrain verb To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
  • cramp noun A sudden, painful, involuntary tightening of a muscle.
  • limit noun The furthest point or greatest amount allowed or possible; a boundary.
  • mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
  • restrain verb To hold back or keep someone or something under control.
  • restrict verb To keep something within limits; to hold it back from going further.

Senses

limitare is used for these senses in English:

  • abridge (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]
  • constrain (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
  • cramp (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
  • limit (transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
  • mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
  • restrain (transitive) To restrict or limit.
  • restrict To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine

abridge — full definition

  1. verb To deprive; to cut off.
  2. verb To debar from.
  3. verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
  4. verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.

constrain — full definition

  1. verb To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
  2. verb To keep within close bounds; to confine.
  3. verb To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

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