What is to hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. My sire in caves constrains the winds. Dryden called?
constrain — To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. My sire in caves constrains the winds. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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