Constrain

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1. Verb

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

2. Verb

To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

3. Verb

To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

4. Verb

To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

5. Verb

To violate; to ravish.

6. Verb

To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.

7. Verb

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
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