单词 | astrict |
释义 | † astrictadj. Obsolete. rare. Compressed, concise. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > compressed contract1561 cutted1565 curtal1579 contracted1595 astrict1631 compressed1822 condensed1823 syncopated1897 capsule1938 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 8 An Epitaph is..an astrict pithie Diagram. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). astrictv. 1. transitive. To bind up, confine within narrow limits, compress; hence, to render costive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > compress or constrict thrumc1275 constrainc1374 nip1381 rinea1398 compress1398 withstrainc1400 coarctc1420 pincha1425 strain1426 nipe1440 thrumble1513 comprime?1541 astrict1548 sneap1598 cling1601 wring1603 constringe1609 coarctate1620 compinge1621 choke1635 compel1657 cramp1673 hunch1738 constrict1759 tighten1853 scrunch1861 throttle1863 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of stomach > cause stomach disorder [verb (transitive)] > render costive astrict1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxiiv The course of water astricted..will flow and brust out in continuance of tyme. 1638 tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death 280 The Stomach..to be..Astricted or Bound, not Loose. 1863 C. Walton in Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. IV. 406 A little globe, so contracted, astricted, and narrowed, that, etc. 2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > put under legal obligation [verb (transitive)] obligea1325 astringe1523 obligate1581 astrictc1600 engage1642 conclude1883 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)] obligea1325 conclude1393 astrainc1475 astringe1523 obstringe1528 obligate1533 bind1549 debt-bind1563 astrictc1600 tie1608 engage1642 to put (a person) on his or her honour1656 pin1710 c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 108 His fader was astrictit be souerties in parliament. 1688 Ess. Magistracy in Harl. Misc. I. 7 Tied to the same rules they were adstricted to. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 207 Whether a man..be astricted to the inheritance by necessity of law. 3. To restrict, tie down, limit to. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > to something tinec1430 naila1522 conclude1548 astrict1588 to keep to ——1698 pin1718 thirl1864 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > to or within something tinec1430 naila1522 restrict1535 conclude1548 strait1581 astrict1588 retract1713 pin1718 thirl1864 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. H v. b Ye monethes..war æquall to ye cowrse of ye moon: Ȝeit war thay nocht astricted yairto. 1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled 6 Holy meates were astricted to only holy persons. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xl. 403 The mind is thus astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought. Categories » 4. Scots Law. To restrict in tenure. See astricted adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1631v.1548 |
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