Straiten

·vt To make tense, or tight; to Tighten.

II. Straiten ·vt To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to Confine.

III. Straiten ·vt To Restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life;

— used chiefly in the past participle;

— as, a man straitened in his circumstances.