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astrict

[ uh-strikt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to bind fast; constrain.
  2. to bind morally or legally.


astrict

/ əˈ²õ³Ù°ùɪ°ì³Ù /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to bind, confine, or constrict
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ²¹²õˈ³Ù°ù¾±³¦³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
  • ²¹²õˈ³Ù°ù¾±³¦³Ù¾±±¹±ð, adjective
  • ²¹²õˈ³Ù°ù¾±³¦³Ù¾±±¹±ðly, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹²õ·³Ù°ù¾±³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of astrict1

1505–15; < Latin ²¹²õ³Ù°ùÄ«³¦³Ù³Ü²õ drawn together, bound, tightened (past participle of astringere ), equivalent to a- a- 5 + strig- (variant stem of stringere to draw) + -tus past participle suffix. See astringe
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of astrict1

C16: from Latin astrictus drawn closely together, from astringere to lighten, from stringere to bind
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Example Sentences

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It could not be kept at all; for, either it must oblige us to honour all indefinitely, as fathers, and other relations, which cannot be; or else it must leave us still in suspense and ignorance, who shall be the object of our honour; and then it can never be kept: or finally, it must astrict our honouring to such definite relations, to whom it is due; and then our transgression of that restriction shall be a breach of it.

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