† crampernv.
Obsolete. rare .
To fasten with cramp-irons or cramps; figurative to cramp, confine.
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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
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 2v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The scope of the English pale is greatly empayred, and is cramperned and coucht into an odde corner of the countrey.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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v.1577- out of rule
- out of schneider
- out of score
- out of season
- out of service
- out of shape
- out of sight
- out of sight, out of mind
- out of sorts
- out of space
- out of spirits
- out of square
- out of step
- out of step with
- out of stock
- out of straight
- out of suits with
- out of sync
- out of taste
- out of temper
- out of the bias
- out of the blue
- out of the body
- out of the box
- out of the cards