† coarctv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To press or draw together; to compress, constrict, contract, tighten.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > compress or constrict
thrumc1275
constrainc1374
nip1381
rinea1398
compress1398
withstrainc1400
coarctc1420
pincha1425
strain1426
nipe1440
thrumble1513
comprime?1541
astrict1548
sneap1598
cling1601
wring1603
constringe1609
coarctate1620
compinge1621
choke1635
compel1657
cramp1673
hunch1738
constrict1759
tighten1853
scrunch1861
throttle1863
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1131 With paper best and leest are thai coarted.
1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xviv Alome..or any suche thynges which do coarcte and constrayne.
1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xvi The passage..[is] coarted and made narrower then [it] wolde otherwyse be.
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. vi. 24 In all Passions the heart is dilated or coarcted.
2.
a. To confine or restrict the action of (a person); to constrain, coerce. [So in (legal) Latin = cogo.]
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)]
bindc1200
hamper?a1366
chain1377
coarctc1400
prison?a1425
tether?a1505
fetter1526
imprisona1533
strait1533
swaddle1539
measure1560
shacklea1568
to tie up1570
manacle1577
straitena1586
hopple1586
immew16..
scant1600
cabina1616
criba1616
trammela1616
copse1617
cramp1625
cloister1627
incarcerate1640
hidebind1642
strait-lace1662
perstringe1679
hough-band1688
cabin1780
pin1795
strait jacket1814
peg1832
befetter1837
to tie the hands of1866
corset1935
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)]
needeOE
straita1340
pressa1393
afforcea1400
stressa1400
coactc1400
coarctc1400
strainc1400
compulse?a1475
cohert1475
oppress1523
compel1526
forcec1540
to tie to the stake1544
urge1576
adact1615
duressa1626
coerce1659
railroad1889
to twist the tail1895
steamroll1900
steamroller1912
shanghai1919
bulldozer1945
shotguna1961
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > hold in check
bridleOE
tempera1050
chastec1230
to hold inc1300
straina1340
stintc1366
attemperc1380
restraina1387
rulea1391
ward1390
coarctc1400
obtemper?a1425
to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425
compesce1430
stent1488
coactc1520
repressa1525
compress1526
control1548
snaffle1555
temperatea1568
brank1574
halter1577
curb1588
shortena1599
to bear (a rein) upon1603
check1629
coerceate1657
bit1825
throttle1862
hold1901
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action
bind971
hamper?a1366
chain1377
coarctc1400
prison?a1425
tether?a1505
fetter1526
imprisona1533
strait1533
swaddle1539
measure1560
shacklea1568
to tie up1570
manacle1577
straitena1586
hopple1586
immew16..
scant1600
cabina1616
criba1616
trammela1616
copse1617
cramp1625
cloister1627
incarcerate1640
hidebind1642
to box up1659
strait-lace1662
perstringe1679
hough-band1688
cabin1780
pin1795
strait jacket1814
peg1832
befetter1837
to tie the hands of1866
hog-tie1924
corset1935
c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 277 b/2 Thilke persons..not coarted by paining dures openly knowledgeden.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iii. i. 70 b Sith no lawe thy person may coarte.
1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 28 §5 Persons of full age..not unlaufully coarcted.
1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr x. 301 He is so farre from coarcting the Popes power.
1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 133 Any such Art whereby himself might be coarcted or constrained.
1819 H. Busk Vestriad iii. 537 Coarcted by your mancipating spell.
b. Const. to or infinitive.
ΚΠ
c1420 [see coarct adj. at Derivatives].
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 68/1 Saul said I am coarted therto.
a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) II. 65 The said Countesse compelled and coharted them to enseale certaine Indentures.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 178 If a man coarcts himself to the Extremity of an Act.
3. To confine within narrow limits; figurative to restrict.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]
thringc1250
restrain1384
bound1393
abounda1398
limita1398
pincha1450
pin?a1475
prescribec1485
define1513
coarcta1529
circumscribe1529
restrict1535
conclude1548
limitate1563
stint1567
chamber1568
contract1570
crampern1577
contain1578
finish1587
pound1589
confine1597
terminate1602
noosec1604
border1608
constrain1614
coarctate1624
butta1631
to fasten down1694
crimp1747
bourn1807
to box in1845
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]
thringc1250
circumscrivec1374
arta1382
bound1393
limita1398
restrainc1405
pincha1450
restringe1525
coarcta1529
circumscribe1529
restrict1535
conclude1548
narrow?1548
limitate1563
stint1567
chamber1568
contract1570
crampern1577
contain1578
finish1587
conscribe1588
pound1589
confine1597
border1608
circumcise1613
constrain1614
coarctate1624
butta1631
prescribe1688
pin1738
a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 438 That the kynges minde By hym is subverted And so streatly coarted In credensyng his tales.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark vii. f. 52 Coarcted within the very narrow limites of Jewry.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 22 a Of all the estates taile most coarcted or restrained that I finde in our bookes.
4.
a. To control, restrain, repress.
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?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxviii. f. 39 Merueylous good maner used he, in coartynge the same fautes.
b. to coart of: to restrain from.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > specifically from doing something
conclude1382
restrain1384
refraina1398
keepa1400
to coart of1430
revokec1450
stop1488
contain1523
retract1548
stay1560
retire1567
straiten1622
confine1651
obligec1661
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. xxv For she will not be guided by no reyne To be coarted of her dewe righte.
Derivatives
coˈarcted adj.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] > restricted in free action
coarctc1420
shackledc1440
coarcteda1500
haltered?1510
catesnd1566
straited1581
immurate1593
chained1613
hampered1633
muzzled1647
throttled1677
tethereda1680
fetlocked1725
strangled1813
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
iron-bound1850
cabined1853
manacled1861
vaulted1863
tied1876
strait-jacketed1894
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > in free action
coarctc1420
shackledc1440
coarcteda1500
haltered?1510
catesnd1566
straited1581
chained1613
hampered1633
muzzled1647
tethereda1680
fetlocked1725
strangled1813
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
iron-bound1850
cabined1853
manacled1861
vaulted1863
tied1876
strait-jacketed1894
a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 71 Loue weried is not wery, and loue arted is not coarted.
1631 F. Quarles Hist. Samson 61 Their hast could giue no vent To their coarcted thoughts.
coarct adj. (also coart)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] > restricted in free action
coarctc1420
shackledc1440
coarcteda1500
haltered?1510
catesnd1566
straited1581
immurate1593
chained1613
hampered1633
muzzled1647
throttled1677
tethereda1680
fetlocked1725
strangled1813
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
iron-bound1850
cabined1853
manacled1861
vaulted1863
tied1876
strait-jacketed1894
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > in free action
coarctc1420
shackledc1440
coarcteda1500
haltered?1510
catesnd1566
straited1581
chained1613
hampered1633
muzzled1647
tethereda1680
fetlocked1725
strangled1813
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
iron-bound1850
cabined1853
manacled1861
vaulted1863
tied1876
strait-jacketed1894
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 174 That so thai be coart to swymme in sape, Enclude hem.
coˈarcting n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun]
locking1503
coarctinga1513
constraint1590
stint1593
coarctation1605
manacling1649
strait-waistcoating1859
hemming-in1905
strait-jacketing1950
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > action of compelling
constrainingc1380
forceagec1470
compelling1496
coarctinga1513
violencing1612
coercing1659
squeeze play1916
arm-twisting1924
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action
coarctinga1513
constraint1590
stint1593
coarctation1605
manacling1649
strait-waistcoating1859
hemming-in1905
strait-jacketing1950
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxixv That no Lorde..shuld after that day lay for his excuse any constraynt or coartynge of his Prynce.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 206/2 Coartyng, efforcement.
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