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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Astringe \As*tringe"\ ([acr]s*tr[icr]nj"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astringed} (-tr[icr]njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Astringing} (-j[icr]ng).] [L. astringere; ad + stringere to draw tight. Cf. {Astrict}, and see {Strain}, v. t.] 1. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress. Which contraction . . . astringeth the moisture of the brain and thereby sendeth tears into the eyes. --Bacon. 2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. --Wolsey. | |
