restringent

Latin restringens, present participle.

restringent (comparative more restringent, superlative most restringent)

1. (obsolete) astringent; styptic

restringent (plural restringents)

1. (obsolete) A restringent medicine.
   • 1699, Gideon Harvey, The vanities of philosophy and physick:

     Vinegar is vulgarly reputed a potent restringent

• “restringent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

restringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of restringō

Borrowed from French restringent.

restringent m or n (feminine singular restringentă, masculine plural restringenți, feminine and neuter plural restringente)

1. astringent