To constrain is to hold back, restrain, or confine. If you've ever had to constrain a toddler in the middle of a temper tantrum, you know you have to watch out for flailing limbs.
To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or con; to hold tightly; to constringe.
Verb
restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
Verb
hold back
v. t.
To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to
hold tightly; to constringe.
v. t.
To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
v. t.
To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
v. t.
To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
v. t.
To violate; to ravish.
v. t.
To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural
effect; as, a constrained voice.
Constrain
He binds in hains The droway prophet, and his limbs constrains.
When winter frosts constrain the fields with old.2.
How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.3.
My sire in caves constrains the winds.4.
The love of Christ constraineth us.
I was constrained to appeal unto Csar.5.
To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or con; to hold tightly; to constringe.
Usage Examples
It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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Other Usage ExamplesWar - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.
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