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单词 astringe
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astringev.

/əˈstrɪndʒ/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s adstringe, 1600s astring.
Etymology: < Latin a-, ad-stringĕre, < ad to + stringĕre to tie, bind.
1. transitive. To bind together, draw close (the organic tissues); to constrict, compress; hence, to render costive, constipate.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > bind or constrict [verb (transitive)]
constipe1398
astringe1562
constipate1601
glutinate1651
1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 41v, in Bulwarke of Defence Ivy is of a contrary..facultie, adstringing, binding.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 275 Cobwebbe adstringeth..and closeth vppe wounds.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta vi. 95 They coarctate the breast, and astringe the belly.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Vinegar..will so much astringe the Fibres of the whole Body.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 25 Every living soft tissue..may..have its tonicity increased, or be astringed.
2. intransitive. To become constricted or compressed.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > become compressed or constricted
sneipec1300
astringe1603
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1001 The moister anything is..given it is to cold, to astringe and congeal.
3. transitive. To bind morally or legally; to put under obligation or necessity; to oblige. Obsolete.
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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
1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 119 Your Grace is not astringed or bounden to any charge.
c1635 H. Glapthorne Lady Mother (1959) v. ii. 99 Natures does, astring a deutious child to obey his parent.
1752 W. Law Spirit of Love i. 32 The desire, as astringing, always begets a resistance equal to itself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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