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)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] 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.

Anagrams

• constering

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈstrin.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -indʒe
• Hyphenation: con‧strìn‧ge

Verb

constringe

1. third-person singular present indicative of constringere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈstrin.ɡe/, [kõːˈs̠t̪rɪŋɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈstrin.d͡ʒe/, [konˈst̪rin̠ʲd͡ʒe]

Verb

cōnstringe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cōnstringō

Portuguese

Verb

constringe

1. inflection of constringir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konsˈtɾinxe/ [kõnsˈt̪ɾĩŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -inxe
• Syllabification: cons‧trin‧ge

Verb

constringe

1. inflection of constringir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative