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 [uh-strikt]  

as·trict

   [uh-strikt]
verb (used with object)
1.
to bind fast; constrain.
2.
to bind morally or legally.
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Origin:
1505–15; < Latin astrīctus drawn together, bound, tightened (past participle of astringere), equivalent to a- a-5 + strig- (variant stem of stringere to draw) + -tus past participle suffix. See astringe

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as·tric·tion, noun
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astrict (əˈstrɪkt)
 
—vb
archaic (tr) to bind, confine, or constrict
 
[C16: from Latin astrictus drawn closely together, from astringere to lighten, from stringere to bind]
 
as'triction
 
—n
 
as'trictive
 
—adj
 
as'trictively
 
—adv

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