Constrain
Constrain , transitive verb
[Old French constraindre, French contrainde, Latin constringere; con- + stringere to draw tight. See Strain, and. compare Constrict, Constringe.]
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 Casar.
5.
To violate; to ravish. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
6.
To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.