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con·strain (kən strān′)
transitive verb
- to force into, or hold in, close bounds; confine
- to hold back by force; restrain
- to force; compel; oblige he was constrained to agree
Etymology: ME constreinen < OFr constreindre < L constringere, to bind together, draw together < com-, together + stringere, to draw tight: see strict
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