constrain
constrain is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To bring into a narrow compass; to compress. How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. Gay.
- 2.To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. My sire in caves constrains the winds. Dryden.
- 3.To compel; to force; to necessiate; to oblige. The love of Christ constraineth us.
- 4.Cor. v.
- 5.I was constrained to appeal unto CActs xxviii.
- 6.5. To violate; to ravish. [Obs.] Shak.
- 7.To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effet; as, a constrained voice.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to bring into a narrow compass; to compress. How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. Gay called?
- What is to hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. My sire in caves constrains the winds. Dryden called?
- What is to compel; to force; to necessiate; to oblige. The love of Christ constraineth us called?
- What is i was constrained to appeal unto CActs xxviii called?
- What is to produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effet; as, a constrained voice called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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