astrict

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English

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Etymology

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Latin astrictus, past participle of astringere. See astringe.

Verb

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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 [], volume (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

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