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Straiten

verb
(past & past part. straitened; pres. part. straitening)
1.
Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship.  Synonym: distress.
2.
Squeeze together.






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"Straiten" Quotes from Famous Books



... is very little known, therefore it is not spoken of. O state of life! how narrow is the way which leadeth unto thee! O love the most pure of all, because Thou art God Himself! O love immense and independent, which nothing can limit or straiten! ...
— Spiritual Torrents • Jeanne Marie Bouvires de la Mot Guyon

... Straightway tuje. Strain strecxi. Strain (filter) kribri. Strain after celi. Strainer kribrilo. Strait (geog.) markolo. Strait (narrow) mallargxa. Strait (difficulty) embarasajxo. Straiten mallargxigi. Strand marbordo. Strand (of rope, etc.) fadeno. Strange stranga. Stranger fremdulo, malkonulo. Strangeness strangeco. Strangle sufoki. Strap rimeno. Stratagem ruzo. Strategy militarto. Stratify tavoli. Stratum tavolo. Straw pajlo. Strawberry ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes

... this blockade to force his opponent to a battle, which he ardently desired, and which the other with equal industry declined. Thus both sides continued for some time employed in designs and stratagems, the one to annoy and the other to defend. 15. Caesar's men daily carried on their works to straiten the enemy; those of Pompey, having the advantage of numbers, did the same to enlarge themselves, and severely galled the enemy by their slingers and archers. 16. Caesar, however, was indefatigable; he caused blinds or mantalets to be made of the skins of beasts, to cover his men ...
— Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome • Oliver Goldsmith



Words linked to "Straiten" :   put out, confine, disoblige, detain, bother, trouble, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, distress



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