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Webster 1913 Edition
Astrict
As-trict′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Astricted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Astricting
.] 1.
To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
The solid parts were to be relaxed or
astricted
. Arbuthnot.
2.
To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.
[R.]
The mind is
astricted
to certain necessary modes or forms of thought. Sir W. Hamilton.
As-trict′
,Adj.
Concise; contracted.
[Obs.]
Weever.
Webster 1828 Edition
Astrict
ASTRICT'
, v.t [L. astringo, astrictus. See Astringe.]To bind fast, or compress. [Not much used.]
ASTRICT'
,Adj.