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
- verb To deprive; to cut off.
- verb To debar from.
- verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
constrain — full definition
- verb To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- verb To keep within close bounds; to confine.
- verb To reduce a result in response to limited resources.