astringe

[ uh-strinj ]

verb (used with object)

, as·tringed, as·tring·ing.

1. to compress; bind together; constrict.

Word History and Origins

Origin of astringe¹

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

Related Words

• circumscribe
• compress
• cramp