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constringe

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con⋅stringe

  [kuhn-strinj]
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–verb (used with object), -stringed, -string⋅ing.
to constrict; compress; cause to contract.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L constringere to draw tight, tie up, equiv. to con- con- + stringere to draw; see constrict
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con·stringe   (kən-strĭnj')   
tr.v.   con·stringed, con·string·ing, con·string·es
To cause to contract; constrict.

[Latin cōnstringere, to compress; see constrain.]
con·strin'gen·cy n., con·strin'gent adj.
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