astrict

[uh-strikt]

verb (used with object)

1. to bind fast; constrain.

2. to bind morally or legally.

astrict

/ əˈstrɪkt /

verb

1. archaic,  (tr) to bind, confine, or constrict

Other Word Forms

• astriction noun
• astrictive adjective
• astrictively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of astrict¹

1505–15; < Latin astrīctus drawn together, bound, tightened (past participle of astringere ), equivalent to a- a- ⁵ + strig- (variant stem of stringere to draw) + -tus past participle suffix. See astringe

Word History and Origins

Origin of astrict¹

C16: from Latin astrictus drawn closely together, from astringere to lighten, from stringere to bind

Example Sentences

It could not be kept at all; for, either it must oblige us to honour all indefinitely, as fathers, and other relations, which cannot be; or else it must leave us still in suspense and ignorance, who shall be the object of our honour; and then it can never be kept: or finally, it must astrict our honouring to such definite relations, to whom it is due; and then our transgression of that restriction shall be a breach of it.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• constrain 
• oblige