constraintive

[Eng. constraint; -ive.] Having the power or quality of constraining; compelling, compulsory. "Not through any constraining nece ity, or constraint "-Carew: Surv. of Cornwall. ive vow, *con-strewe, v.t. [CONSTRUE] "Thei the conclucioun constrewe ne couthe."- Depos . of Richard II ., p. 29. con-strict, v . t . [From Lat.constrict us , pa. par. of const rin go.] [CONSTRINGE.] Physiol., .: To render narrower without the application of external pre ure. they are always arranged as membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction serves to constrict."-Todd & Bowman: Physiol. Anct., vol. i., ch. vii., p. 150. con-stric-těd, pa. par. or a. [CONSTRICT.] con-stric'-ting, pr. par. & a. [CONSTRICT.] constricting snakes, s. pl. Zool.: One of the three great divisions of Snakes or Serpents, the others being the Colubrine and the Viperine Snakes. The Boas and Pythons belong to this section of the Ophidians.