constringent

English

Etymology

Latin constringens, present participle.

Adjective

constringent (comparative more constringent, superlative most constringent)

  1. Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for constringent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

constringent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of constringō
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