astrict

present singular third person astricts · participle present astricting · participle past astricted · past astricted

1. transitiveTo bind, constrain, or restrict.

   The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought.

   a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC

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   That the solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted as they let the Humours pass, either in too small of too great Quantities.

   1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies, page 105

2. transitiveTo estop.
3. Scots lawTo restrict the tenure of.

   to astrict lands