abstrict

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æbˈstɹɪkt/
Rhymes: -ɪkt

Verb

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

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

References

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

[WI3-1] Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8

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