astringe
verb/əˈstɹɪnd͡ʒ/
1
Obsolete To constrict, to compress
2
Obsolete To become constricted or compressed
3
To bind by moral or legal obligation.
- God's mind was to astringe and bind the Church perpetually to it.c. 1555, John Harpsfield, Divorce of Henry VIII:
- Related terms
- astringent