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English
Etymology
en- + straiten.
Pronunciation
Verb
enstraiten (third-person singular simple present enstraitens, present participle enstraitening, simple past and past participle enstraitened)
- (archaic) To render narrow or narrower; make strait; curtail (property).
1589, Robert Payne, A briefe description of Ireland, page 11:He hath already to plesure his countrie instraightned his demeanes.
- (rare, literary) Constrain; bring into straits.
1618, Edmund Bolton, The Roman histories of Lucius Julius Florus, page 142:But the Romans had enstraitned her before she was aware thereof.
References
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).
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