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astringeth

astringeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of astringe.

Meaning of astringe

Verb

astringe (third-person singular simple present astringes, present participle astringing, simple past and past participle astringed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To constrict, to compress
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become constricted or compressed
  3. 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

Origin of astringeth

astringe + -eth

Questions about astringeth

What is astringeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Astringeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of astringe.

Words near astringeth in the dictionary

  1. astringently
  2. astringents
  3. astringer
  4. astringers
  5. astringes
  6. astringeth
  7. astringing
  8. astriogliosis
  9. astrion
  10. astrionic
  11. astrionics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: astringeth (page history and authors); astringe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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