astringe

[ uh-strinj ]
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verb (used with object),as·tringed, as·tring·ing.
  1. to compress; bind together; constrict.

Origin of astringe

1
1515–25; <Latin astringere to draw together, equivalent to a-a-5 + stringere to draw; see stringent

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