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Latin
Etymology
From ob- + stringō.
Pronunciation
Verb
obstringō (present infinitive obstringere, perfect active obstrīnxī, supine obstrictum); third conjugation
- to bind (by an oath)
- to oblige
- to bind, tie or fetter
Conjugation
References
- “obstringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obstringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obstringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment: beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincire
- to commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it: scelere se devincire, se obstringere, astringi
- to promise an oath to..: iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut