constraintive

constraintive

English

Etymology

constraint +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈstɹeɪntɪv/

Adjective

constraintive (comparative more constraintive, superlative most constraintive)

1. (archaic) constraining; compulsory
   • 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall

     constraintive vow

References

constraintive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913