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limitare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abridge verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
  • constrain verb To make someone do something, using physical force, strong pressure or persuasion.
  • 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 take something away from someone; to cut it off.
  2. verb To stop someone from having or doing something.
  3. verb To make something shorter in length or time.
  4. verb To make a piece of writing shorter while keeping its main meaning.

constrain — full definition

  1. verb To make someone do something, using physical force, strong pressure or persuasion.
  2. verb To keep something within strict limits so that it cannot spread or move freely.
  3. verb To cut down an outcome because there is not enough available to achieve more.
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