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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Compulsion :: Compulsion (n.) The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force..
Fain :: Fain (a.) Satisfied; contented; also, constrained..
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..
Familiar :: Familiar (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible..
Compulsorily :: Compulsorily (adv.) In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.
Constrainable :: Constrainable (a.) Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
Constraintive :: Constraintive (a.) Constraining; compulsory.
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..
Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out..
Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.
Familiarity :: Familiarity (n.) The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity..
Constraining :: Constraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constrai.
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..
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
Constrainedly :: Constrainedly (adv.) By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.
Abandon :: Abandon (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
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..
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
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