astringe

astringe [uh-strinj] Word Origin verb (used with object), as·tringed, as·tring·ing.

1. to compress; bind together; constrict.

Origin of astringe 1515–25; Latin astringere to draw together, equivalent to a- a-5 + stringere to draw; see stringent Related Words for astringed circumscribe, cramp, compress, restrict, curb, strangle, condense, tauten, restrain, confine, shrink, tighten, concentrate, tense, clench, squeeze, tuck, pinch, choke, contract