Constrain /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Constrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Constraining

1. To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

   He binds in chains The drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains.

   When winter frosts constrain the fields with cold.

2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

   How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.

3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

   My sire in caves constrains the winds.

4. To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

   The love of Christ constraineth us.

   I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar.

5. To violate; to ravish. [Obs.]
6. To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.