Category:Restrictive

Re*strict"ive, a. Etym: [cf. F. restrictif.]

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.