constraintive
English
Etymology
From constraint + -ive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈstɹeɪntɪv/
Adjective
constraintive (comparative more constraintive, superlative most constraintive)
- (archaic) constraining; compulsory
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall:
- constraintive vow
References
“constraintive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.