English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin ab (by) + stringō (to draw tight)[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

abstrict (third-person singular simple present abstricts, present participle abstricting, simple past and past participle abstricted)

  1. (transitive, biology, mycology) To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint

References edit

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8