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constrict

v.
US //kənˈstɹɪkt// UK //kənstɹˈɪkt// con·strict
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrictus (“compressed, contracted”), past participle of cōnstringō (“to draw or bind together; to compress”). Doublet of constrain.

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