Meanings
verbastringe (third-person singular simple present astringes, present participle astringing, simple past and past participle astringed)
present singular third person astringes · participle present astringing · participle past astringed · past astringed
- intransitiveobsoleteTo become constricted or compressed
- To bind by moral or legal obligation.
God's mind was to astringe and bind the Church perpetually to it.
c. 1555, John Harpsfield, Divorce of Henry VIII
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with astringe
fringehingesyringeinfringebingegingtingeimpingesingetwingewhingedingelingewingeswingeabstringeaccingeattingebefringebeswingecompingeconstringeperstringerehinge
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APA
astringe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astringe
MLA
“astringe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astringe. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “astringe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astringe.
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