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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Constringe \Con*stringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constringed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Constringing.] [L. constringere. See
     onstrain.]
     To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself;
     to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the
           fibers, and coagulate the fluids.        --Arbuthnot.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Constringe \Con*stringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constringed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Constringing.] [L. constringere. See
     onstrain.]
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  constringe
       v : become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" [syn:
           constrict, narrow]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  constringe
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la cōnstringō  2 s pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: constringir)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  constringe
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To constrict; to tighten.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  constringe
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la cōnstringō  2 s pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: constringir)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  constringe
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la cōnstringō  2 s pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: constringir)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  constringe /kənstɹˈɪndʒ/ 
  stlačit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  constringe /kənstɹˈɪndʒ/ 
  stáhnout

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 缩,使收缩,使收敛;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 压缩,使收缩,使收敛

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