† enˈstraiten, v. Obs. rare.
[f. en-1 + straiten.]
trans. a. To make strait or narrow; to curtail (property). b. To bring into straits; to put under constraint.
| 1590 R. Payne Descr. Irel. (1841) 11 He hath already to plesure his countrie instraightned his demeanes. 1618 Bolton Florus ii. xvii. (1636) 142 But the Romans had enstraitned her before she was aware thereof. |