Archaic past participle of constringe; bound together tightly, compressed, or constricted.
Past participle of the archaic verb constringe, formed with the regular past participle suffix -ed. This form is mostly historical.
Medieval herbalists wrote about 'constringed' wounds in Latin medical texts, but the word disappeared as English simplified its verb forms—language naturally sheds complicated alternatives.
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