constringe
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From Latin cōnstringere. See constrain.
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- Rhymes: -ɪndʒ
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constringe (third-person singular simple present constringes, present participle constringing, simple past and past participle constringed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 1, member 2, subsection iv:
- The emulgent draw this superfluous moisture from the blood; the two ureters convey it to the bladder, which, by reason of his site in the lower belly, is apt to receive it, having two parts, neck and bottom: the bottom holds the water, the neck is constringed with a muscle, which, as a porter, keeps the water running out against our will.
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constringe
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈstrin.ɡe/, [kõːˈs̠t̪rɪŋɡɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈstrin.d͡ʒe/, [konˈst̪rin̠ʲd͡ʒe]
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cōnstringe
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constringe
- inflection of constringir:
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constringe
- inflection of constringir: