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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Astringe (0.02053 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Astringe.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: astringe
astringe
v 1: constrict or bind or draw together;
“Lemon juice astringes
the tissue in the mouth”
2: become constricted or compressed;
“The cold substance
astringes”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Astringe
Astringe
\As*tringe"\ ([a^]s*tr[i^]nj"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Astringed (-tr[i^]njd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Astringing
(-j[i^]ng).] [L. astringere; ad + stringere to draw tight.
Cf.
Astrict, and see
Strain, v. t.]
1. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to
draw together; to compress.
[1913 Webster]
Which contraction . . . astringeth the moisture of
the brain and thereby sendeth tears into the eyes.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. --Wolsey.
[1913 Webster]
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