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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
constrain .
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Examples
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What madness constraineth thee, that thou servest a man unknown?
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What place can be left for random action, when God constraineth all things to order?
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Want of science, that is, ignorance of causes, disposeth or rather constraineth a man to rely on the advice and authority of others.
Leviathan 2007
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And I cared not to follow them, as I myself am queen and lady of all things here, and am enough for myself, save when love constraineth me, dear lord.
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For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
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For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
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For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
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For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
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Heaven beareth me record, how unwilling I am to be beholding in this kind, considring that you are a Merchant, and Merchants furnish al their affairs with ready monis: but seeing necessity constraineth me, and I make no doubt of repaiment at the time appointed: I. p shall the more boldly accept your kindnes, with this absolute promise beside, that
The Decameron 2004
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And if the woman die, before the husband, men burn him with her, if that he will; and if he will not, no man constraineth him thereto, but he may wed another time without blame or reproof.
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