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Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church..

Counterbrace :: Counterbrace (v. t.) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.

Fugitive :: Fugitive (n.) One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice..

Immanacle :: Immanacle (v. t.) To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.

Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..

Press :: Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.

Swingdevil :: Swing (n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

Rose :: Rose (n.) A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump..

Tough :: Tough (superl.) Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough..

Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..

Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining..

Broad :: Broad (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive..

Irrepressible :: Irrepressible (a.) Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict..

Bond :: Bond (n.) The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint..

Slipstring :: Slipstring (n.) One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.

Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude..

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..

Unrein :: Unrein (v. t.) To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.

Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.

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