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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Constringe

· Con·stringe · IPA
01 v. t. To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.
imp. & p. p. Constringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Constringing
  1. 1.
    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.