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straiten

Meaning of “straiten”

To confine, press, distress, or reduce for want of room or means.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
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First occurrence: Jeremiah 19:9

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Jeremiah 19:9
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 19:9 · retained source text

And I will cause them to eate the flesh of their sonnes and the flesh of their daughters, and they shal eate euery one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitnesse, wherewith their enemies, and they that seeke their liues, shall straiten them.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.29. deu. 28.53. lam.4.10.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To distress; to perplex; to press with poverty or other necessity.

volume 2, leaf 679, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 162)