Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Brought into small compass; compendious; concise.
- To bind fast; confine.
- In Scots law, to limit. See
astriction , 3. - To constrict; contract.
- To constrain; restrict.
- Formerly also
adstrict .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Concise; contracted.
- transitive verb To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
- transitive verb rare To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.
- transitive verb (Scots Law) To restrict the tenure of. See
Astriction , 4.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
bind ,constrain , orrestrict . - verb To
estop .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word astrict.
Examples
-
It is astrict caste system that is protected by the faceless yet ever-present Social Police.
-
ABORTION: The bill tries to maintain astrict separation between taxpayer funds and private premiums that would pay for abortion coverage.
WCAX - Local News 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.