constringe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: constringe	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for constringe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
constringe v become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" [syn: constrict, constringe, narrow]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Constringe \Con*stringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constringed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Constringing}.] [L. constringere. See {onstrain}.] To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.] Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids. --Arbuthnot.