constraindre

Middle French

Alternative forms

• contraindre

Etymology

From Old French constraindre, constreindre, contraindre, from Latin constringo, constringere.

Verb

constraindre

1. 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

• constrainte / contrainte

Descendants

• English: constrain
• French: contraindre