Third-person singular present tense of constrain; forces someone to do something or prevents them from doing something.
From constrain, derived from Latin constringere meaning 'to bind together' or 'to press together.'
Gravity constrains every object in the universe, yet Einstein showed that gravity isn't really a force—it's the shape of spacetime itself, totally revolutionizing what we mean by 'constraint.'
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