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straiten (strāt′'n)
transitive verb
- Now Rare
- to make strait or narrow
- to hem in closely
- to restrict or confine in scope, range, etc.; hamper
- to bring into difficulties; cause to be in distress or want: usually in the phrase in straitened circumstances, lacking sufficient money
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