constringe
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (1)constringed, constringing
- become tight or as if tight“Her throat constricted”Synonyms: constrictnarrowMore general tightenMore specific astringe, strangulate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Con·stringe′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Constringed; present participle & verbal noun Constringing.]
Origin: L. constringere. See onstrain.
To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. rare
Strong liquors... intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids.— John Arbuthnot
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54