Constrain: alternatives and connections

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.

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A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond;…

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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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of Grind

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To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

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A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

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To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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Stubble.

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A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.

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of Bind

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To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Lacking ability; unable.

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To disable; to disqualify.

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To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.

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That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

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To attach, as by a bond.

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Restricted.

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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

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One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.

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To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

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