| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.[Websters]
2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.[Websters] 3. To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands.[Websters] 4. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: astricting, astricted, astricts, astricter, astricters, astrictingly and astrictedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Concise; contracted.[Websters]
2. Being exact. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb astrictly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (astrictly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective astrict.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ASTRICT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Note: Astrict \As*trict"\, adjective. Concise; contracted. [Obsolete]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ASTRICT
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To bind fast, or compress. [Not much used.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] To bind, constrain, or restrict. (references) | 2: [Verb] To estop. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
