Constrained
Con‐strained″ (?), a. Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Constrainedly
Con‐strain″ed‐ly (?), adv. By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner. Hooker.
Constrainer
Con‐strain″er (?), n. One who constrains.
Constraint
Con‐straint″ (?), n. [OF. constrainte, F. constrainte.] The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion;...
Constraintive
Con‐straint″ive (?), a. Constraining; compulsory. “Any constraintive vow.” R. Carew.
Constrict
Con‐strict″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Constricted; p. pr. & vb. n.Constricting.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of constringere. See Constrain.] To draw together; to render narrower or sm...
Constricted
Con‐strict″ed, a. 1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.
Constriction
Con‐stric″tion (?), n. [L. constrictio: cf. F. constriction.] 1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as disting...
Constrictive
Con‐strict″ive (?), a. Serving or tending to bind or constrict.
Constrictor
Con‐strict″or (?), n. 1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter....
Constringe
Con‐stringe″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Constringed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Constringing.] [L. constringere. See onstrain.] To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; ...
Constringent
Con‐strin″gent (?), a. [L. constringens, p. pr.] Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing. Thomson.
Construct
Con‐struct″ (kŏn‐strŭkt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Constructed; p. pr. & vb. n.Constructing.] [L. constructus, p. p. of construere to bring together, to construct; con- + struere to ...
Construct (2)
Con″struct (?), a. Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.Construct formorstate(Heb. Gram.), that of a noun used before another which has the geni...
Constructer
Con‐struct″er (?), n. One who, or that which, constructs or frames.
Construction
Con‐struc″tion (?), n. [L. constructio: cf. F. construction.] 1. The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication;...
Constructional
Con‐struc″tion‐al (?), a. Pertaining to, or deduced from, construction or interpretation.
Constructionist
Con‐struc″tion‐ist, n. One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a strict constructionist; a broad cons...
Constructive
Con‐struct″ive (?), a. [Cf. F. constructif.] 1. Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.The constructive fingers of Watt...
Constructively
Con‐struct″ive‐ly, adv. In a constructive manner; by construction or inference.A neutral must have notice of a blockade, either actually by a formal information, or constructive...
Constructiveness
Con‐struct″ive‐ness, n. 1. Tendency or ability to form or construct.2. (Phren.) The faculty which enables one to construct, as in mechanical, artistic, or literary matters.
Constructor
Con‐struct″or (?), n. [Cf. LL. constructor.] A constructer.
Constructure
Con‐struc″ture (?; 135), n. That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric.
Construe
Con‐strue (?; Archaic?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Construed (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Construing (#).] [L. construere: cf. F. construire. See Construct.] 1. To apply the rules of syntax to ...
Constuprate
Con″stu‐prate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Construprated; p. p. & vb. n.Constuprating.] [L. constupratus, p. p. of constuprare to ravish; con- + stuprare to ravish, stuprum rape.] To...
Constupration
Con′stu‐pra″tion (?), n. The act of ravishing; violation; defilement. Bp. Hall.
Consubstantial
Con′sub‐stan″tial (?), a. [L. consubstantialis; con- + substantialis: cf. F. consubstantiel. See Substantial.] Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; ...