Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Binding; obligatory. Tending to contract or draw together; astringent; styptic.
- Formerly also
adstrictive .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Binding; astringent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
binding ;astringent - noun An
astringent .
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Examples
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As to the pretended Obstructions which Chocolate is said to occasion from its astrictive Quality, they are so far from being afraid of it in
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It was an awful stroke of Providence in taking away Mr. Pierpont in whose assistance I promised my seK much benefit to the Place and much Ease and Comfort to my self, and it is the more astrictive, because our Young Men are feared to be infected with Arminian and Prelatical notions; so that it is Difficult to supply his Place.
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