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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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constringe
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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