Straiten

Definition of Straiten

Strait´en

v. t.	1.	To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. [imp. & p. p. Straitened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Straitening.] Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. - Bacon. In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. - Milton.
	2.	To make tense, or tight; to tighten. They straiten at each end the cord. - Pope.
	3.	To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; - used chiefly in the past participle; - as, a man straitened in his circumstances.

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