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Constringe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To cause to contract; constrict.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to constrict, to tighten

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To cause constriction in; constrict or cause to contract or pucker; astringe.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. become tight or as if tight

Word Usage

"De puellae voluntate periculum facere solis oculis non est satis, sed efficacius aliquid agere oportet, ibique etiam machinam alteram ahibere: itaque manus tange, digitos constringe, atque inter stringendum suspira; si haec agentem aequo se animo feret, neque facta hujusmodi aspernabitur, tum vero dominam appella, ejusque collum suaviare."

Verb Form

constringed constringes constringing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tighten

Hyponym

strangulate astringe

Form

constringed constringing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

contract constrict