constraindre
Middle French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French constraindre, constreindre, contraindre, from Latin constringo, constringere.
Verb
[edit]constraindre
- to constrain (physically)
- 1586, Henri IV of France, Lettres Missives:
- Dieu m'y a tel-icy, constraindre, par force de prince, se quelques uns qui vous parlent, que la soumectre au joug de leur merite!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: constrain
- French: contraindre