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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSTRICTED, pp. Drawn together; bound; contracted.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: especially tense; especially in some dialects
2: drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life" [ant: unconstricted]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Constrict Con*strict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constricted; p. pr. & vb. n. Constricting.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of constringere. See Constrain.] To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink. Such things as constrict the fibers. --Arbuthnot. Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction serves to constrict. --Todd & Bowman.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Constricted Con*strict"ed, a. 1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped. 2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.

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