"astringe" meaning in English

See astringe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈstɹɪnd͡ʒ/ Forms: astringes [present, singular, third-person], astringing [participle, present], astringed [participle, past], astringed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪndʒ Head templates: {{en-verb}} astringe (third-person singular simple present astringes, present participle astringing, simple past and past participle astringed)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To constrict, to compress Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-astringe-en-verb-rtg-EN-K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 45 13
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become constricted or compressed Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-astringe-en-verb-Lu6pl98I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 45 13
  3. To bind by moral or legal obligation.
    Sense id: en-astringe-en-verb-qlHTQSaR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 45 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: astringent

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "astringes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "astringing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "astringed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "astringed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "astringe (third-person singular simple present astringes, present participle astringing, simple past and past participle astringed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "astringent"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 45 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To constrict, to compress"
      ],
      "id": "en-astringe-en-verb-rtg-EN-K",
      "links": [
        [
          "constrict",
          "constrict"
        ],
        [
          "compress",
          "compress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To constrict, to compress"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 45 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become constricted or compressed"
      ],
      "id": "en-astringe-en-verb-Lu6pl98I",
      "links": [
        [
          "constricted",
          "constricted"
        ],
        [
          "compressed",
          "compressed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To become constricted or compressed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 45 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "c. 1555, John Harpsfield, Divorce of Henry VIII:",
          "text": "God's mind was to astringe and bind the Church perpetually to it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bind by moral or legal obligation."
      ],
      "id": "en-astringe-en-verb-qlHTQSaR"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈstɹɪnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "astringe"
}
{
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪndʒ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪndʒ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "astringes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "astringing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "astringed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "astringed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "astringe (third-person singular simple present astringes, present participle astringing, simple past and past participle astringed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "astringent"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To constrict, to compress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "constrict",
          "constrict"
        ],
        [
          "compress",
          "compress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To constrict, to compress"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become constricted or compressed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "constricted",
          "constricted"
        ],
        [
          "compressed",
          "compressed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To become constricted or compressed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "c. 1555, John Harpsfield, Divorce of Henry VIII:",
          "text": "God's mind was to astringe and bind the Church perpetually to it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bind by moral or legal obligation."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈstɹɪnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "astringe"
}

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