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单词 constringe
释义

constringe

English

Etymology

Latin constringere. See constrain.

Verb

constringe (third-person singular simple present constringes, present participle constringing, simple past and past participle constringed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition I, section 1, member 2, subsection iv:
      The emulgent draw this superfluous moisture from the blood; the two ureters convey it to the bladder, which, by reason of his site in the lower belly, is apt to receive it, having two parts, neck and bottom: the bottom holds the water, the neck is constringed with a muscle, which, as a porter, keeps the water running out against our will.

Anagrams

  • constering

Italian

Verb

constringe

  1. third-person singular present indicative of constringere

Latin

Verb

constringe

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of constringō
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