Definition of constrain

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Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

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Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.
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..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
Constrained :: Constrained (imp. & p. p.) of Constrai.
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..
Franchise :: Franchise (a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
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..
Spontaneity :: Spontaneity (n.) The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force..
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
Uneasy :: Uneasy (a.) Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
Fain :: Fain (a.) Satisfied; contented; also, constrained..
Free :: Free (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice..
Enforcement :: Enforcement (n.) That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied..
Link :: Link (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained..
Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.
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..
Familiar :: Familiar (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible..
Duress :: Duress (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
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