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(1):
(v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
(2):
(v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
(3):
(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.