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constrain (v. trans.)
1.to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means "She forced him to take a job in the city" "He squeezed her for information"
2.restrict"Tighten the rules" "stiffen the regulations"
3.hold back
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ConstrainCon*strain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Constraining.] [OF. constraindre, F. contrainde, L. constringere; con- + stringere to draw tight. See Strain, and. cf. Constrict, Constringe.]
1. To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
He binds in chains
The drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains. Dryden.
When winter frosts constrain the fields with cold. Dryden.
2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. Gay.
3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
My sire in caves constrains the winds. Dryden.
4. To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
The love of Christ constraineth us. 2. Cor. v. 14.
I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar. Acts xxviii. 19.
5. To violate; to ravish. [Obs.] Shak.
6. To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.
Syn. -- To compel; force; drive; impel; urge; press.
constrain (v. trans.)
block, bring pressure to bear on, bulldoze, bulldoze into, check, circumscribe, coerce, coerce into, compel, compel to, confine, contain, cumber, curb, curtail, detain, discourage from, dragoon, dragoon into, encumber, enforce, force, force to, gag, hale, hamper, impede, impose, impose restraints on, keep from, limit, oblige, obstruct, press, press into, press to, pressurize, put pressure on, restrain, restrict, squeeze, stiffen, subdue, tighten, tighten up, yoke, pressure (American), pressurise (British)
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constrain (v. trans.)
↘ binding, circumscription, coercion, coercive, compulsion, constraint, curtailment, limitation, limitative, limiting, restraint, restriction, restrictive, trammels, unfree ↗ balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment
constrain (v. tr.)
oblige[Classe]
constrain (v. tr.)
constrain (v. tr.)
faire obstacle à (fr)[Classe]
empêcher par la contrainte (fr)[Classe]
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