Constrain

[kən'streɪn] or [kən'stren]

Definition

(v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

(v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

(v. t.) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

(v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

(v. t.) To violate; to ravish.

(v. t.) To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.

Editor: Yvonne

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Compel, force, drive, oblige, coerce.[2]. Confine, restrain, inthral, hold, curb, put under restraint, keep down, keep under.

Checker: Micawber

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See COERCE]

Editor: Miriam

Definition

v.t. to urge with irresistible power: to force compel: to distress: to confine: to limit: to cause constraint.—adj. Constrain′able.—p.adj. Constrained′ forced compelled: embarrassed.—adv. Constrain′edly.—n. Constraint′ irresistible force: compulsion: confinement: repression of one's feelings: embarrassment.

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Examples

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