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What is the verb for constraining?

What's the verb for constraining? Here's the word you're looking for.

constrain
  1. (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.
  2. (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
  3. (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “No longer able to constrain her anger, Pari peeled the cloth off her forehead and threw it aside exploding in fury.”
      “The specific technical shortages in their pool of personnel will constrain their progress.”
      “Those who, like Menelaus or Aristaeus, wish to consult him must first capture him and constrain him in chains, a thing notoriously difficult to do.”
constrained
constraining
constrains
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constrain
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Until now, Burke has refused to let Ransom distinguish scientists from poets, for the metonymic nature of language constrains both parties.”
      “But at the same time I guess I have this perhaps overdeveloped sense of what's proper, which constrains me somewhat.”
      “Students are awarded university scholarships on a competitive basis, but lack of funding severely constrains the universities.”
constraineth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of constrain
constrainest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of constrain
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