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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

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imp. & p. p.

Constringed

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p. pr. & vb. n.

Constringing

[L.

constringere

. See

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.

Verb.

[L. See Constrain.] To draw together; to strain into a narrow compass; to contract; to force to contract itself.

Strong liquors constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids.