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con⋅stric⋅tive

  [kuhn-strik-tiv]
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–adjective
1. constricting; tending to constrict.
2. pertaining to constriction.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < LL constrīctīvus, equiv. to constrīct(us) (see constrict ) + -īvus -ive
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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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