Definition of "astringe" []

• To constrict, to compress (verb)
• To become constricted or compressed (verb)
• To bind by moral or legal obligation. (verb)

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• "Oxford, of that dread sacrament by which Catiline bound the soul of his fellow-conspirators, in order that both by the daring of the deed he might have proof of their sincerity, and by the horror thereof astringe their souls by adamantine fetters, and"
• "-- The root of this plant is used medicinally and the resin that exudes from the tree is employed to astringe the gums."
• "Malt, and extracts its Virtue; whereas the hard Waters astringe and bind the Parts of the Malt, so that its Virtue is not freely communicated to the"