meaning of constrain
1. To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
4. To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
5. To violate; to ravish.
6. To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.
7. restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the
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