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con⋅strain

  [kuhn-streyn]
Use constrainingly in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to force, compel, or oblige: He was constrained to admit the offense.
2. to confine forcibly, as by bonds.
3. to repress or restrain: Cold weather constrained the plant's growth.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME constrei(g)nen < AF, MF constrei(g)n- (s. of constreindre) < L constringere. See con-, strain 1

Related forms:
con⋅strain⋅a⋅ble, adjective
con⋅strain⋅er, noun
con⋅strain⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. coerce. 2. check, bind.

Antonyms:
2. free.
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