constringe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb become tight or as if tight
    constrict; narrow.
    • Her throat constricted

WordNet

Con*stringe" transitive verb
Etymology
L. constringere. See onstrain.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Constringed ; present participle & verbal noun Constringing
Definitions
  1. To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. R.
    Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids. Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913