constraindre
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French constraindre, constreindre, contraindre, from Latin constringo, constringere.
Verb
constraindre
- to constrain (physically)
- 1586, Henri IV of France, Lettres Missives:
- Dieu m'y a tel-icy, constraindre, par force de prince, se quelques uns qui vous parlent, que la soumectre au joug de leur merite!
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Derived terms
Descendants
- English: constrain
- French: contraindre
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