Usually means: To draw together; tighten; compress.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word constringe:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. constringe: Merriam-Webster
  2. constringe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. constringe: Collins English Dictionary
  4. constringe: Vocabulary.com
  5. constringe: Wordnik
  6. constringe: Wiktionary
  7. constringe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. constringe: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Constringe, constringe: Dictionary.com
  10. Constringe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. constringe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. constringe: Rhymezone
  13. Constringe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. constringe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. constringe: FreeDictionary.org
  16. constringe: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. constringe: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. constringe: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. constringe: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. constringe: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (constringe)

▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.

Similar:
constrict, narrow, constrain, restringe, contain, astrict, astringe, coconstrain, adstrict, confine, more...

Opposite:
dilate, expand, stretch, open, loosen

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Similar:
constrict, narrow, constrain, restringe, contain, astrict, astringe, coconstrain, adstrict, confine, more...

Opposite:
dilate, expand, stretch, open, loosen



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