astrict

Verb

astrict (third-person singular simple present astricts, present participle astricting, simple past and past participle astricted)

1. (transitive) To bind, constrain, or restrict.
   • 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
   • 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...
2. (transitive) To estop.
3. (Scots law) To restrict the tenure of.
   • to astrict lands