Webster's English Dictionary

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straiten

strait.en \'stra-t-*n\ \'stra-t-nin, -*n-in\ vt or strait.en.ing 1a: to 
   make strait or narrow  1b: to hem in : squeeze together : CONFINE  archaic  
   2: to restrict in freedom or scope : HAMPER  3: to subject to distress, 
   privation, or deficiency {found himself in R@ed circumstances}