Coarct

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coarct \Co*arct"\, Coarctate \Co*arc"tate\, v. t. [See
     {Coarctate}, a.]
     1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine
        closely. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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