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单词 obstringe
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obstringev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obstringere.
Etymology: < classical Latin obstringere to put under obligation, to bind by an obligation, to constrict, to constrain < ob- ob- prefix + stringere to tie, bind (see stringent adj.).
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To put under obligation; to bind by an obligation.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)]
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conclude1393
astrainc1475
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obstringe1528
obligate1533
bind1549
debt-bind1563
astrictc1600
tie1608
engage1642
to put (a person) on his or her honour1656
pin1710
1528 Ambass. Let. to Wolsey in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) I. ii. App. xxiii. 66 He and the see was and is obstringed and bound to your Grace.
1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. iii. vi. 453 It was never lookt upon as unjust or strange, for those who are obstring'd [Fr. attachés] one to another by those bonds to partake in the punishment of their Relatives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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