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v. To constrict, to compress

v. To become constricted or compressed

v. To bind by moral or legal obligation.

v. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.

v. To bind by moral or legal obligation.

To compress; bind together; constrict.

Figuratively, to oblige; constrain; bind by obligation.

To become solid; congeal.

v. become constricted or compressed

v. constrict or bind or draw together

"Oxford, of that dread sacrament by which Catiline bound the soul of his fellow-conspirators, in order that both by the daring of the deed he might have proof of their sincerity, and by the horror thereof astringe their souls by adamantine fetters, and"

narrow    constrict    constringe    compress    press    compact    squeeze    contract   

astringed    astringing   

constrict    contract    compress