(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:33:55

Co*arct" (?), Co*arc"tate (?), v. t. [See Coarctate, a.]

1.

To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

2.

To restrain; to confine.

[Obs.]

Ayliffe.

 

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