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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
strait·en       [streyt-n] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to put into difficulties, esp. 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 + -en1]
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strait·en       (strāt'n)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   strait·ened, strait·en·ing, strait·ens
    1. To make narrow.
    2. To enclose in a limited area; confine.
  2. To put or bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship.
  3. Archaic To restrict in latitude or scope.

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straiten

verb
1. bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship 
2. squeeze together 

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Straiten

Strait"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straitened; p. pr. & vb. n. Straitening.]

1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.

Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. --Bacon.

In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton.

2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten.

They straiten at each end the cord. --Pope.

3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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