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con⋅stringe
[kuh
n-strinj] 
–verb (used with object), -stringed, -string⋅ing.
| to constrict; compress; cause to contract. |
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| con·stringe (kən-strĭnj') tr.v. con·stringed, con·string·ing, con·string·es To cause to contract; constrict. [Latin cōnstringere, to compress; see constrain.] con·strin'gen·cy n., con·strin'gent adj. |
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Constringe
Con*stringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Constringing.] [L. constringere. See onstrain.] To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.] Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids. --Arbuthnot.
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