Coarct
Pronunciation : Co*arct", Co*arc"tate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Coarctate, a.]
Definition : 1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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