Definition of constrain. Meaning of constrain. Synonyms of constrain

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word constrain. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word constrain and, of course, constrain synonyms and on the right images related to the word constrain.

Definition of constrain

Constrain
Constrain Con*strain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Constraining.] [OF. constraindre, F. contrainde, L. constringere; con- + stringere to draw tight. See Strain, and. cf. 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. --Dryden. When winter frosts constrain the fields with cold. --Dryden. 2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress. How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. --Gay. 3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. My sire in caves constrains the winds. --Dryden. 4. To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige. The love of Christ constraineth us. --2. Cor. v. 14. I was constrained to appeal unto C[ae]sar. --Acts xxviii. 19. 5. To violate; to ravish. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice. Syn: To compel; force; drive; impel; urge; press.

Meaning of constrain from wikipedia

- Look up constraint in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Constraint may refer to: Constraint (computer-aided design), a demarcation of geometrical characteristics...
- Constrained Shortest Path First (CSPF) is an extension of shortest path algorithms. The path computed using CSPF is a shortest path fulfilling a set of...
- concentric, rectilinear, and curvilinear. The physical environment generally constrains the form in which a city is built. If located on a mountainside, urban...
- Toleration in Sixteenth-Century Poland. Political Realities and Social Constrains.". In Howard Louthan; Gary B. Cohen; Franz A.J. Szabo (eds.). Diversity...
- There are two solutions to this: The classical (pre-web) solution is to constrain the language of expression so that all queries terminate in finite time...
- Kyodan. How to organize the continuity of the Zen-tradition in the West, constraining charismatic authority and the derailment it may bring on the one hand...
- new surface and mantle cycles appeared. Geological evidence also helps constrain the time frame for liquid water existing on Earth. A sample of pillow...
- combinations of each type of production in a world where scarcity is a binding constrain. A, however, is inside of the PPF and represents a combination of output...
- will often shape their attachment and perspective to that place. Time constrains the possible paths that can be taken through space, given a starting point...
- Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain ****ure National Security Budgets". Harvard Kennedy School. doi:10.2139/ssrn...