Straiten(v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
Straiten(v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
Straiten(v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
Straitened(imp. & p. p.) of Straiten
Straitening(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straiten

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