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con⋅strict
[kuh
n-strikt] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress. |
| 2. | to slow or stop the natural course or development of: Greed and aggressiveness constricted the nation's cultural life. |
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| con·strict (kən-strĭkt') v. con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts v. tr.
To become constricted. [Latin cōnstringere, cōnstrict-, to compress; see constrain.] con·stric'tive adj., con·stric'tive·ly adv. |
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Constricted
Con*strict"ed\, a. 1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped. 2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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