单词 | obstringe |
释义 | † obstringev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To put under obligation; to bind by an obligation. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)] obligea1325 conclude1393 astrainc1475 astringe1523 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). < v.1528 |
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