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astringe

[uh-strinj]

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verb (used with object), as·tringed, as·tring·ing.

to compress; bind together; constrict.

RELATED WORDS

circumscribe, cramp, compress, restrict, curb, strangle, condense, tauten, restrain, confine, shrink, tighten, concentrate, tense, clench, squeeze, tuck, pinch, choke, contract

Origin of astringe

1515–25; < Latin astringere to draw together, equivalent to a- a-⁵ + stringere to draw; see stringent

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