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Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force..

Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations..

Self-indulgence :: Self-indulgence (n.) Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial..

Behave :: Behave (v. t.) To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

Tension :: Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain..

Govern :: Govern (v. t.) To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse..

Simple :: Simple (a.) Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.

Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up..

Efforce :: Efforce (v. t.) To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.

Straining :: Strained (imp. & p. p.) of Strai.

Counterbrace :: Counterbrace (v. t.) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.

Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.

Cramp :: Cramp (v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.

Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To strain; to make tense.

Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..

Overstrain :: Overstrain (v. i.) To strain one's self to excess.

Intemperately :: Intemperately (adv.) In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint.

Manacle :: Manacle (v. t.) To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers..

Streit :: Strein (v. t.) To strain.

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