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as⋅trict

[uh-strikt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to bind fast; constrain.
2. to bind morally or legally.

Origin:
1505–15; < L astrīctus drawn together, bound, tightened (ptp. of astringere), equiv. to a- a- 5 + strig- (var. s. of stringere to draw) + -tus ptp. suffix. See astringe


as⋅tric⋅tion, noun
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