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con⋅strict

  [kuhn-strikt]
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–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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