(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
To ~ someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way. (FORMAL)
Women are too often ~ed by family commitments and by low expectations...
VERB: be V-ed
2.
If you feel ~ed to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
For some reason he felt ~ed to lower his voice.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR to-inf