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con⋅strict

  [kuhn-strikt]
Use constrict in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1375–1425 for earlier ptp. sense; 1725–35 for current senses; late ME < L constrīctus (ptp. of constringere to draw together, tie up), equiv. to con- con- + strīc- (var. s. of stringere to tie; see strict ) + -tus ptp. suffix

Synonyms:
1. cramp, squeeze, bind, tighten.

Antonyms:
1. expand.
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con·strict   (kən-strĭkt')   
v.   con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts

v.   tr.

  1. To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing.

  2. To squeeze or compress.

  3. To restrict the scope or freedom of; cramp: lives constricted by poverty.

v.   intr.
To become constricted.

[Latin cōnstringere, cōnstrict-, to compress; see constrain.]
con·stric'tive adj., con·stric'tive·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

constrict 
c.1400 (constriction), from L. constrictus, pp. of constringere "compress" (see constrain). A direct borrowing from L. of the same word which, via Fr., became constrain.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: con·strict
Pronunciation: k&n-'strikt
Function: transitive verb
1 : to make narrow or draw together <constrict thepupil of the eye>
2 : to subject (as a body part) to compression <constrict a nerve> constrict intransitive senses
: to becomeconstricted —con·stric·tive /-'strik-tiv/ adjective
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constrict con·strict (kən-strĭkt')
v. con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts
To make smaller or narrower especially by binding or squeezing.

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