constraindre

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Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: constrain
  • French: contraindre
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