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Meaning Of Straiten
v. t.
To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to
confine.
v. t.
To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
v. t.
To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of
means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; --
as, a man straitened in his circumstances.