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121constrain — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French constraindre, from Latin constringere to constrict, constrain, from com + stringere to draw tight more at strain Date: 14th century 1. a. to force by imposed stricture, restriction, or… …
122constringe — transitive verb (constringed; constringing) Etymology: Latin constringere Date: 1604 1. to cause to shrink < cold constringes the pores > 2. constrict • constringent adjective …
123prestige — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Middle French, conjuror s trick, illusion, from Latin praestigiae, plural, conjuror s tricks, from praestringere to graze, blunt, constrict, from prae + stringere to bind tight more at strain… …
124strangulate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin strangulatus, past participle of strangulare Date: 1665 transitive verb strangle, constrict intransitive verb to become constricted so as to stop circulation < the hernia will strangulate > …
125clamp — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch *klampe; akin to Old English clamm bond, fetter more at clam Date: 14th century 1. a device designed to bind or constrict or to press two or more parts together so as to hold them… …
126pinch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French *pincher, pincer Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument b. to prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to… …
127strain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English streen progeny, lineage, from Old English strēon gain, acquisition; akin to Old High German gistriuni gain, Latin struere to heap up more at strew Date: 13th century 1. a. lineage, ancestry b. a group of presumed …
128strap — I. noun Etymology: alteration of strop, from Middle English, band or loop of leather or rope, from Old English, thong for securing an oar, from Latin struppus band, strap, from Greek strophos twisted band, from strephein to twist Date: 1602 1. a …
