单词 | astringe |
释义 | astringev. 1. transitive. To bind together, draw close (the organic tissues); to constrict, compress; hence, to render costive, constipate. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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 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). < v.1523 |
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