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Definition of Straiten
1. Verb. Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship.
Generic synonyms: Bother, Discommode, Disoblige, Incommode, Inconvenience, Put Out, Trouble
2. Verb. Squeeze together.
Definition of Straiten
1. v. t. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
Definition of Straiten
1. Verb. (misspelling of straighten) ¹
2. Verb. To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space. ¹
3. Verb. To restrict or diminish, especially financially. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Straiten
1. to make strait [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: strait
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straiten
Literary usage of Straiten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1830)
"By Thomas straiten. 8vo. pp. 320. London: Holdsworth and Ball. 1830. AN examination
of the history and nature of Christianity seems to have satisfied Mr. ..."
2. The Silurian Rocks of Britain by Benjamin Nieve Peach, John Horne, Jethro Justinian Harms Teall (1899)
"... Blair and straiten, on the south side of the Girvan valley (Sheet 14), are
faulted against the Lower Old Red Sandstone and associated igneous rocks. ..."
3. Select Discourses by John Smith, Simon Patrick, John Worthington (1821)
"Low and particular ends and interests both debase and straiten a man's spirit:
the universal, highest, and last end both ennobles and enlarges it. ..."
4. Evangelical Christendom by Evangelical Alliance (1851)
"Mr. straiten preaches the funeral sermon on Sunday next, ... We are happy to add,
that Mr. straiten is preparing a biographical sketch, with a view to its ..."
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