Part 2326

<h1>Constitutively</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con"sti*tu`tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a constitutive manner.</def>

<h1>Constrain</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*strain"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Constrained</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Constraining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>constraindre</ets>, F. <ets>contrainde</ets>, L. <ets>constringere</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>stringere</ets> to draw tight. See <er>Strain</er>, and. cf. <er>Constrict</er>, <er>Conbstringere</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or con<?/; to hold tightly; to constringe.</def>

<blockquote>He binds in hains The droway prophet, and his limbs <b>constrains</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When winter frosts <b>constrain</b> the fields with old. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.</def>

<blockquote>How the strait stays the slender waist <b>constrain</b>. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.</def>

<blockquote>My sire in caves <b>constrains</b> the winds. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To compel; to force; to necessiate; to oblige.</def>

<blockquote>The love of Christ <b>constraineth</b> us. <i>2. Cor. v. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I was <b>constrained</b> to appeal unto C<?/sar. <i>Acts xxviii. 19.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To violate; to ravish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effet; <as>as, a <ex>constrained</ex> voice</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To compel; force; drive; impel; urge; press.</syn>

<h1>Constrainable</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*strain"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>constraignable</ets>, F. <ets>contraignable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint.</def>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Constrained</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*strained"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; <as>as, a <ex>constrained</ex> manner; a <ex>constrained</ex> tone.</as></def>

<h1>Constrainedly</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*strain"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.</def>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Constrainer</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*strain"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who constrains.</def>

<h1>Constraint</h1> <Xpage=310>