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constringe

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Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb constringe has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

constringev. t. [L. constringere. See onstrain.].
     To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.  [1913 Webster]
    "Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids."  [1913 Webster]

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constringe

Contraction

VB become small, become smaller, lessen, decrease, grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate, boil down, constrict, constringe, condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow, pinch, tighten, strangle, cramp, dwarf, bedwarf, shorten, circumscribe, restrain, (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.

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