Obs. In 5 -eint, 6 -aynt. [a. OF. constreint, -aint (pa. pple. of constreindre):—popular L. type *constrinctus for constrictus: cf. cingĕre, cinctus.] = CONSTRAINED.
1. Used as pa. pple. of CONSTRAIN.
c. 1360. E. E. Psalter (1891), 194. As we ben constreint þurȝ cristen soþenes to knowelich on-lich God and Lord.
2. as adj.
c. 1430. Syr Gener. (Roxb.), 298. How paynfullie hir hert brest in hir constreint sorow.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg. At all tymes necessarye and constraynte. The time constraynte is the tyme whan the bledynge ought to be made.
