Defn: Constraining; compulsory. [R.] "Any constraintive vow." R.
Carew.
CONSTRICT
Con*strict", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constricted; p.pr. & vb.n.
Constricting.] Etym: [L. constrictus, p.p. of constringere. See
Constrain.]
Defn: To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or ause to shrink. Such things as constrict the fibers. Arbuthnot. Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction constrict. Todd & Bowman.
CONSTRICTED
Con*strict"ed, a.
1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.
CONSTRICTION
Con*stric"tion, n. Etym: [L. constrictio: cf. F. constriction.]
1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. A constriction of the parts inservient to speech. Grew.