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Restrictive
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.
2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] Wiseman. -- Re*strict"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*strict"ive*ness, n.