obstringed
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]See obstriction .
Adjective
[edit ]obstringed (comparative more obstringed, superlative most obstringed)
- (obsolete ) constrained; placed under obligation
- c. 1528, Sir Gregory de Cassalis, Dr. Gardiner, and Dr. Fox [...] , letter to Cardinal Wolsey
- His holiness shewed unto us, how much he and the see was and is obstringed and bound to your grace.
- c. 1528, Sir Gregory de Cassalis, Dr. Gardiner, and Dr. Fox [...] , letter to Cardinal Wolsey