"enstraiten" meaning in English

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        "To render narrow or narrower; make strait; curtail (property)."
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        "(archaic) To render narrow or narrower; make strait; curtail (property)."
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        "Constrain; bring into straits."
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        "(rare, literary) Constrain; bring into straits."
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