Constrain

kon-strān′, v.t. to urge with irresistible power: to force, compel: to distre : to confine: to limit: to cause constraint.— adj. Constrain′able .— p.adj. Constrained′ , forced, compelled: embarra ed.— adv. Constrain′edly .— n. Constraint′ , irresistible force: compulsion: confinement: repre ion of one's feelings: embarra ment. [O. Fr. constraindre —L. con stringĕre — con , together, stringĕre , to pre . See Strain .]