Astringent

as-trin′jent, adj. binding: contracting: strengthening.— n. a medicine that causes costivene .— v.t. Astringe′ , to bind together: to draw tight: hence to render constipated.— n. Astrin′gency .— adv. Astrin′gently . [L. astringent-em , a stringĕre — ad , to, stringĕre , to bind.]