constringe
English
Etymology
From Latin cōnstringere. See constrain.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪndʒ
Verb
constringe (third-person singular simple present constringes, present participle constringing, simple past and past participle constringed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames 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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Italian
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Verb
constringe
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈstrin.ɡe/, [kõːˈs̠t̪rɪŋɡɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈstrin.d͡ʒe/, [konˈst̪rin̠ʲd͡ʒe]
Verb
(deprecated template usage) cōnstringe
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
constringe
- inflection of constringir:
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