astrict

English

Etymology

Latin astrictus, past participle of astringere. See astringe.

Verb

astrict (third-person singular simple present astricts, present participle astricting, simple past and past participle astricted)

1. (transitive) To bind, constrain, or restrict.
   • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies, page 105:

     That the solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted as they let the Humours pass, either in too small of too great Quantities.

   • 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

     The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought.

2. (transitive) To estop.
3. (Scots law) To restrict the tenure of.

   to astrict lands

Anagrams

• Cartist, stratic, tricast