Lexic.us

Definition of Constringe

1. Verb. Become tight or as if tight. "Her throat constricted"

Definition of Constringe

1. v. t. To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

Definition of Constringe

1. Verb. to constrict, to tighten ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Constringe

1. [v -STRINGED, -STRINGING, -STRINGES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Constringe

Literary usage of Constringe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1881)
"We have no evidence, that I know of, that veratrum viride does not constringe the arterioles of the spinal marrow and brain. ..."

2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1849)
"Among others, obstinate vomiting soon ceased where this styptic salt was administered, 10 as to constringe the interior coats of the stomach. ..."

3. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"ASTRINGENTS are agents which canse a contraction of the capillaries, constringe muscular fibre, coagulate albuminous tissues, and solidify the parts to ..."

4. Horses and Stables by Frederick Wellington John Fitzwygram (1886)
"Astringents, which constringe muscular fibre, ... Cold applications, which constringe the structures, abstract heat, and moderate inflammatory action. 282. ..."

5. Of Nature and Art in the Cure of Disease by John Forbes (1858)
"Medicines having the power to constringe the capillary blood-vessela on mucous surfaces, and thereby to lessen or arrest discharges from them. ..."

6. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by John Oswald, Joseph Thomas, James Lynd, John Miller Keagy (1868)
"... to bind, to contract ; as, astringe', to bind, to contract; constringe', constrict',-- to draw together, to contract. astringe', v. constrain' ed, a. ..."

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