abstringe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstringō, from ab- (“away”) + stringō (“I bind, I tie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əb.stɹɪnd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

abstringe (third-person singular simple present abstringes, present participle abstringing, simple past and past participle abstringed)

1. (transitive, obsolete, very rare) To unbind; to loosen.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:abstringe.

Anagrams

• beratings, bitranges, breasting