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astringe, v.|əˈstrɪndʒ|
Also 6–7 adstringe, 7 astring.
[ad. L. a-, ad-stringĕre, f. ad to + stringĕre to tie, bind.]
1. trans. To bind together, draw close (the organic tissues); to constrict, compress; hence, to render costive, constipate.
1562W. Bullein Bk. Simples 41 b, Ivy is of a contrary..facultie, adstringing, binding. 1607Topsell Serpents 789 Cobweb adstringeth..and closeth up wounds. 1620Venner Via Recta vi. 95 They coarctate the breast, and astringe the belly. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict., Vinegar..will so much astringe the Fibres of the whole Body. 1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 25 Every living soft tissue..may..have its tonicity increased, or be astringed.
†2. intr. To become constricted or compressed.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 819 (R.) The moister anything is..given it is to cold, to astringe and congeal.
†3. trans. To bind morally or legally; to put under obligation or necessity; to oblige. Obs.
1523State Papers Hen. VIII, I. 119 Your Grace is not astringed or bounden to any charge. 1635[Glapthorne] Lady Mother v. ii, Natures does astring a dewteous child To obey his parent. 1752Law Spir. Love i. 32 The desire, as astringing, always begets a resistance equal to itself. |