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strait·en
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ˈstreɪt
n
/
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streyt
-n
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
His obligations had straitened him.
2.
to restrict in range, extent, amount, pecuniary means, etc:
Poverty straitens one's way of living.
3.
Archaic
.
a.
to make narrow.
b.
to confine within narrow limits.
Origin:
1515–25;
strait
+
-en
1
Related forms
un·strait·ened,
adjective
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straiten
(ˈstreɪt
ə
n)
—
vb
1.
(
tr; usually passive
) to embarrass or distress, esp financially
2.
(
tr
) to limit, confine, or restrict
3.
archaic
to make or become narrow
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