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Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) A strained or affected rolling of the eye.

Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free..

Sifter :: Sifter (n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak..

Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something..

Tammy :: Tammy (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis..

Overstraining :: Overstraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstrai.

Arpeggio :: Arpeggio (n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played..

Leave :: Leave (n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.

Counter Brace :: Counter brace () A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive..

Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo..

Frenum :: Frenum (n.) A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the fraenum of the tongue..

Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.

Libertine :: Libertine (n.) Free from restraint; uncontrolled.

Cohibit :: Cohibit (v. t.) To restrain.

Free :: Free (superl.) Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.

Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..

Unrestraint :: Unrestraint (n.) Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.

Yearn :: Yearn (v. i.) To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager..

Force :: Force (n.) To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor..

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