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/ɛnˈstɹeɪtə̆n/ · verb
(archaic) To render narrow or narrower; make strait; curtail (property)..
He hath already to plesure his countrie instraightned his demeanes.
But the Romans had enstraitned her before she was aware thereof.
Use enstraiten when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Enstraiten means (archaic) To render narrow or narrower; make strait; curtail (property)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He hath already to plesure his countrie instraightned his demeanes.
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