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"Straiten"
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participle
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embarrass
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chiefly
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circumstances
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distress
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.
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tense
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tight
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tighten
To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
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squeeze
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together
squeeze together
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confine
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hence
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narrow
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contract
To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
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