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as⋅trict

  [uh-strikt]
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–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

Related forms:
as⋅tric⋅tion, noun
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astriction as·tric·tion (ə-strĭk'shən)
n.

  1. Astringent action.

  2. Compression to arrest hemorrhage.

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