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Astrict v. t. (past & past part. astricted; pres. part. astricting)

To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract. "The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted."

To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. (R.) "The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought."

(Scots Law) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the Friend may be enabled to form a judgment who has attentively perused the few specimens only which have been given. 'An epitaph,' says Weever, 'is a superscription (either in verse or prose) or an astrict pithic diagram, writ, carved, or engraven upon the tomb, grave, or sepulchre of the defunct, briefly declaring (and that with a kind of commiseration) the name, the age, the deserts, the dignities, the state, ...

— The Prose Works of William Wordsworth • William Wordsworth