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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 con·stringe /kənˈstrɪnʤ/
 (vt.)壓縮,使收縮,使收斂

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·stringe v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constringed p. pr. & vb. n. Constringing.]  To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.]
    Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids.   --Arbuthnot.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 constringe
      v : become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" [syn:
          constrict, narrow]