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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Coarct

· Co·arct · IPA
01 v. t. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.
  1. 1.
    To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To restrain; to confine.[Obs.]