constrain

  1. Verb.  (transitive) to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) to keep within close bounds; to confine.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) to reduce a result in response to limited resources.

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