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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Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine..
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of..
Put :: Put (v. t.) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
Spontaneous :: Spontaneous (a.) Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
Coercive :: Coercive (a.) Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
Constrainable :: Constrainable (a.) Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint..
Press :: Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
Unconstraint :: Unconstraint (n.) Freedom from constraint; ease.
Enforce :: Enforce (v. t.) To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands..
Machine :: Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to
Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
Constrained :: Constrained (imp. & p. p.) of Constrai.
Pair :: Pair (n.) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion..
Constrainedly :: Constrainedly (adv.) By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..
Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.
Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc..
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