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astringing

astringing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about astringing

What is astringing the present participle and gerund of?
Astringing is the present participle and gerund of astringe.

Words near astringing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: astringing (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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