Definition of constrain

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Constrain (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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Familiar :: Familiar (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible..
Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.
Free :: Free (superl.) Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
Ease :: Ease (n.) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address..
Constrainedly :: Constrainedly (adv.) By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.
Spontaneity :: Spontaneity (n.) The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force..
Duress :: Duress (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like..
Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc..
Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.
Constrainer :: Constrainer (n.) One who constrains.
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..
Familiarity :: Familiarity (n.) Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties..
Unconstraint :: Unconstraint (n.) Freedom from constraint; ease.
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..
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice..
Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail..
Simple :: Simple (a.) Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
Constraintive :: Constraintive (a.) Constraining; compulsory.
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