CONSTRAIN
\kənstɹˈe͡ɪn], \kənstɹˈeɪn], \k_ə_n_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n]\
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to close within bounds, limit or hold back from 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"
By Princeton University
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To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
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To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
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To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
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To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
By Oddity Software
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To hold down or keep back by force; restrain; to urge, drive, or compel; as, his conscience constrains him to do right.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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