Constrain

kon-str an'', v. t. [-strained (-strand'), -straining.] To secure by bonds, bring into a nar-; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. row compa , hold back by force, urge with irresistible power, nece itate. — Constrain'able. a. — Constrain'edly, adv. — Constraint, -strant', n. of, or state of being, etc.; thnt which constrains compulsion; urgency. — Constrict', v. t. To draw together into a narrow compa , contract. — Constric'tion, re. Act of, or state of being, etc. — Constrictive, -iv, a. Serving to bind. — Constrict'or, -er,re. That which, etc.; esp. a serpent which rounds its prey with its folds and crushes it. — Constringe, -strinj', v. t. [-stringed (-strinjd'), -stringing.] To draw together, contract.— Constrin'gent, a. Having the quality of contracting. 92