Meanings
verbabstrict (third-person singular simple present abstricts, present participle abstricting, simple past and past participle abstricted)
present singular third person abstricts · participle present abstricting · participle past abstricted · past abstricted
- transitivebiologyTo cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint
Origin
- Latinab“by”
- Englishabstrict
From Latin ab (“by”) + stringō (“to draw tight”)
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Rhymes with abstrict
conflictpickedstrictwickedpredictrestrictkickedaddictdepictlickedconvictPictinflictedictevictafflictnickedprickedconstrictbrickedchickedinvict
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APA
abstrict. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abstrict
MLA
“abstrict.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abstrict. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abstrict,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abstrict.
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