CONSTRAINED
Con*strained", a.
Defn: Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.
CONSTRAINEDLY
Con*strain"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner. Hooker.
CONSTRAINER
Con*strain"er, n.
Defn: One who constrains.
CONSTRAINT
Con*straint", n. Etym: [OF. constrainte, F. constrainte.]
Defn: The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained;
that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion;
restraint; necessity.
Long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser.
Not by constraint, but bDryden.
Syn. — Compulsion; violence; necessity; urgency. — Constraint, Compulsion. Constraint implies strong binding force; as, the constraint of necessity; the constraint of fear. Compulsion implies the exertion of some urgent impelling force; as, driven by compulsion. The former prevents us from acting agreeably to our wishes; the latter forces us to act contrary to our will. Compulsion is always produced by some active agent; a constraint may be laid upon us by the forms of civil society, or by other outward circumstances. Crabb.
CONSTRAINTIVE
Con*straint"ive, a.