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Quote:War - an act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.[George Washington]

Quote:Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.[Alexander Hamilton]



Definitions of: constrain

Definition: To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

Definition: To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

Definition: To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

Definition: To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

Definition: To violate; to ravish.

Definition: To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.

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