All 3 Uses of "constrained" in "Cyrano de Bergerac"

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All 3 Uses

constrained
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Cyrano de Bergerac
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If you go on, I Shall feel myself constrained to cuff your face!†
Act 1 *

constrained = restricted; or lacking spontaneity
CYRANO: And if these lords hold not their tongue Shall feel constrained to make them taste my cane!†
Act 1
Constrained silence.†
Act 2

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(1) (constrained)
restricted or inhibited
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely (and archaically), constrain can mean to force someone to do something.