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Straiten v. t. (past & past part. straitened; pres. part. straitening)

To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. "Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise." "In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe."

To make tense, or tight; to tighten. "They straiten at each end the cord."

To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; used chiefly in the past participle; as, a man straitened in his circumstances.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... both with relation to each other and to the several parts within themselves. But if the confiscation should so far succeed as to sink the paper currency, the cement is gone with the circulation. In the mean time its binding force will be very uncertain, and it will straiten or relax with every variation in ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. III. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

Words linked to "Straiten" : inconvenience, confine, bother, discommode, put out