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STRAITEN

\stɹˈe͡ɪtən], \stɹˈe‍ɪtən], \s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t_ə_n]\

Definitions of STRAITEN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To make narrow; contract; confine; embarrass.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To make strait or narrow: to confine: to draw tight: to distress: to put into difficulties.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To make narrow; draw tight; put into difficulties.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To make narrow; to contract; to confine; to make tense or tight; to distress; to perplex; to press with poverty or other necessity; to press by want of sufficient room.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To contract; to confine; to press with poverty or other necessity.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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