constringe

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin constringere. See constrain.

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by 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.

Anagrams

• constering

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Italian

Verb

constringe

1. third-person singular present indicative of constringere

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) cōnstringe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cōnstringō