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† obˈstringe, v. Obs. rare. [ad. L. obstringĕre, f. ob- (ob- 1 c) + stringĕre to tie, bind.] trans. To put under obligation; to bind.
1528Ambass. Let. to Wolsey in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1822) I. ii. App. xxiii. 66 He and the see was and is obstringed and bound to your Grace. 1660tr. Amyraldus' Treat. conc. Relig. iii. vi. 453 It was never lookt upon as unjust or strange, for those who are obstring'd one to another by those bonds to partake in the punishment of their Relatives. |