constrain

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• February 25. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  constrain — verb — english

  compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"; "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  constrain — verb — english

  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"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  constrain — verb — english

  severely restrict in scope or extent; "tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"