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Search phrase: constrain

Plays

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Much Ado About Nothing	MA I.i.192	I would your grace would constrain me to tell.	I would your Grace would constraine mee to tell.
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK II.i.326	I must constrain you then; and for you are dangerous,	I must constraine you then: and for you are dangerous

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Glossary

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awe	repress through dread, constrain in fear
charge	oblige, constrain, compel
combine	bind, constrain, oblige
conjure	control, constrain [by invoking divine powers]
constrain	force, compel, oblige
constrain	violate, invade
enforce	force, compel, constrain, drive
scant	limit, restrict, constrain
strain	constrain, force, press
tie	oblige, constrain, force
vice	force, constrain, press hard

Thesaurus

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constrain	combine
constrain	charge
constrain	tie
constrain	vice
constrain	enforce
constrain	scant
constrain	strain
constrain [by invoking divine powers]	conjure
constrain in fear	awe
fear, constrain in	awe

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Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
CONSTRAIN	BASIC	constrain v, constrained adj, constraint n
CONSTRAIN	ACTION	ransack-constraining adj
CONSTRAIN	NOT	unconstrained adj
UNCONSTRAINED	BASIC	see CONSTRAIN

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