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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

constringens

, p. pr.]

Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.

Thomson.

Adj.

Having the quality of contracting, binding or compressing.

constringent ‎(comparative more constringent, superlative most constringent)

Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.
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constringent