restringent

English

Etymology

Latin restringens, present participle.

Adjective

restringent (comparative more restringent, superlative most restringent)

  1. (obsolete) astringent; styptic

Noun

restringent (plural restringents)

  1. (obsolete) A restringent medicine.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 restringent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

restringent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of restringō
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