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Strained :: Strainably (adv.) Violently.

Twitter :: Twitter (n.) A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.

Gavot :: Gavot (n.) A kind of difficult dance; a dance tune, the air of which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over..

Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes..

Constrainer :: Constrainer (n.) One who constrains.

Monologue :: Monologue (n.) A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue..

Simper :: Simper (n.) A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk..

Free Will :: Free will () The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.

Compesce :: Compesce (v. t.) To hold in check; to restrain.

Strain :: Strain (a.) To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.

Strain :: Strain (n.) Hereditary character, quality, or disposition..

Self-restrained :: Self-restrained (a.) Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.

Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth..

Distress :: Distress (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

Pinion :: Pinion (v. t.) To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation..

Allegro :: Allegro (n.) An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece..

Stretch :: Stretch (n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination..

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement..

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