Constringent

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    contracting, binding, or compressing.

    "constringent action"

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astringentconsumptivestyptictart

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"Our strengthen'd bodies in its cold embrace, Constringent; feeds, and animates our blood"

Etymology

From Latin constringens.

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