enstraiten

English

Etymology

en- + straiten.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

enstraiten (third-person singular simple present enstraitens, present participle enstraitening, simple past and past participle enstraitened)

  1. (archaic) To render narrow or narrower; make strait; curtail (property).
    • 1589, Robert Payne, A briefe description of Ireland, page 11:
      He hath already to plesure his countrie instraightned his demeanes.
  2. (rare, literary) Constrain; bring into straits.
    • 1618, Edmund Bolton, The Roman histories of Lucius Julius Florus, page 142:
      But the Romans had enstraitned her before she was aware thereof.

References

  1. The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).

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