† Coarctate v.

Obs. [f. L. coarctāt-: see prec. and -ATE³.] trans. To press close together, compress, contract, confine closely; = COARCT.

  Hence Coarctated ppl. a. = COARCTATE a.

1620.  Venner, Via Recta, vi. 95. They coarctate the breast.

1655.  Fuller, Ch. Hist., VI. (1845), III. 490. Though coarctated, having the side aisles excluded, it is one of the best private Chappels in England.

1669.  Boyle, Contn. New Exp., II. (1682), 22. Air is contained in Bread, but it is so closely coarctated therein, that no easie operation can give it a discharge.

  b.  fig. To confine, restrict, limit.

1624.  Abp. Abbot, Visib. True Ch., 96. It is not to bee taken, that wee coarctate the Church within those Prouinces onely.

1644.  Bp. Maxwell, Prerog. Chr. Kings, x. 105. An empty title … coarctated and bounded with limits and conditions.