† enstraitenv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive.
a. To make strait or narrow; to curtail (property).
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)]
thinc900
narroweOE
smalleOE
slakea1300
adminisha1325
minisha1382
reduce?c1400
diminish1417
littlea1500
extenuate1555
enstraiten1590
scantle1596
scant1599
bedwarfa1631
epitomize1630
dwarf1638
retrench1640
stunt1659
to take in1700
belittle1785
dwarfify1816
reduct1819
micrify1836
clip1858
downsize1977
1590 R. Payne Briefe Descr. Ireland (1841) 11 He hath already to plesure his countrie instraightned his demeanes.
b. To bring into straits; to put under constraint.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > deprive of liberty by restraint [verb (transitive)]
at-hold?c1225
to hold inc1300
withholda1325
distrainc1340
restrain1397
stressa1425
detain1485
to lay fast1560
constrain1590
enstraiten1619
embinda1628
pin1738
coerce1780
deport1909
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. xvii. 213 But the Romans had enstraitned her before she was aware thereof.
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