Strangle

strang′gl, v.t. to compre the throat so as to prevent breathing and destroy life: to choke: to hinder from birth or appearance: to suppre .— n. Strang′ler .— n.pl. Strang′les , a contagious eruptive disorder peculiar to young horses.— n. Strang′le-weed , the dodder, the broom-rape.— v.t. Strang′ulate , to strangle: to compre so as to suppre or suspend function.— p.adj. Strang′ulated , having the function stopped by compre ion: constricted, much narrowed.— n. Strangulā′tion , act of strangling: compre ion of the throat and partial suffocation: the state of a part abnormally constricted. [O. Fr. estrangler (Fr. étrangler )—L. strangulāre , -ātum —Gr. strang aloe in , to strangle, strangos , twisted.]