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Restrictive, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. restrictiue adj. = astringent (c1400), noun = a restringent medicine (1460–70), F. restrictif, -ive (14th c. in Larousse), late L. restrictīv. Cf. Restrik v.] a. A food possessing astringent or constipating qualities. b. A term or expression implying a restriction or qualification. —a. 1456 Hay II 123/10.
And all dry metis ar restrictives —b. 1671 McWard True Nonconf. 4.
To hear the glorious subject … narrowed within its scriptural acceptation by such a cold restrictive
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