astringe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɪnd͡ʒ/

Verb

astringe (third-person singular simple present astringes, present participle astringing, simple past and past participle astringed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To constrict, to compress
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become constricted or compressed
3. To bind by moral or legal obligation.
   • c. 1555, John Harpsfield, Divorce of Henry VIII:

     God's mind was to astringe and bind the Church perpetually to it.

Related terms

• astringent

Anagrams

• Tangiers, Tasering, Tigranes, angriest, angrites, angstier, ganister, gantries, granites, inert gas, ingrates, rangiest, reasting, stearing, tasering, tearings

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈtrin.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -indʒe
• Hyphenation: a‧strìn‧ge

Verb

astringe

1. third-person singular present indicative of astringere

Anagrams

• Ginestra, gastrine, ginestra, graniste, regnasti, segnarti, stingerà, transige, transigé

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [asˈtrɪŋ.ɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [asˈt̪rin̠ʲ.d͡ʒe]

Verb

astringe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of astringō

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈtɾinxe/ [asˈt̪ɾĩŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -inxe
• Syllabification: as‧trin‧ge

Verb

astringe

1. inflection of astringir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative