astringe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb constrict or bind or draw together
    • Lemon juice astringes the tissue in the mouth
  2. verb become constricted or compressed
    • The cold substance astringes

WordNet

As*tringe" transitive verb
Etymology
L. astringere; ad + stringere to draw tight. Cf. Astrict, and see Strain, v. t.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Astringed present participle & verbal noun Astringing
Definitions
  1. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
    Which contraction . . . astringeth the moistu br and thereby sendeth tears into the eyes. Bacon.
  2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. Wolsey.

Webster 1913