{ Co‐arct″ (?), Co‐arc″tate (?) }, v. t. [See Coarctate, a.] 1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. Bacon.
2. To restrain; to confine. Ayliffe.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.