constraintive

English

Etymology

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.

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