ASTRICT

v. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract. The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted. Arbuthnot.

2.
v.

To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [R.] The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought. Sir W. Hamilton.

3.
v.

To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4. Burrill.

4.
a.

Concise; contracted. [Obs.] Weever.

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