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(ăs-trĭnj′)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Astringed

(-trĭnjd′)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Astringing

(-jĭng)

[L.

astringere

;

stringere

to draw tight. Cf.

, and see

Verb.

]

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.

To bind by moral or legal obligation.

Wolsey.

Verb.

astrinj'. [L. astringo, of ad and stringo, to bind fast, to strain. See Strain.]

To compress; to bind together; to contract by pressing the parts together.