All 3 Uses of
constraint
in
All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare
- Whoever shoots at him, I set him there; Whoever charges on his forward breast, I am the caitiff that do hold him to it; And though I kill him not, I am the cause His death was so effected: better 'twere I met the ravin lion when he roar'd With sharp constraint of hunger; better 'twere That all the miseries which nature owes Were mine at once.†
Scene 3.2constraint = something that limits something else
- I pr'ythee, do not strive against my vows: I was compell'd to her; but I love thee By love's own sweet constraint, and will for ever Do thee all rights of service.†
Scene 4.2 *
- I will confess what I know without constraint; if ye pinch me like a pasty I can say no more.†
Scene 4.3
Definition:
limitation (something that limits something else)