Con-strict', v. t.

[imp. & p. p. CONSTRICTED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONSTRICTING.] [Lat. constringere, constrictum. See CONSTRAIN.] To draw together; to bind; to cramp; to draw into a narrow compass; to contract or cause to shrink. “Such things as constrict the fibers.” Arbuthnot.