perstringo.
to bind tightly together; to draw together or up, contract
Meaning & usage
to bind tightly together; to draw together or up, contract
to graze, graze against a thing
to make blunt by grazing against, to make dull, to dull
to seize
to touch or wound slightly with words
to blame, censure, reprimand, reprove
to touch on slightly, glance over, narrate briefly
belittled, slighted
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin perstringō From per- + stringō.
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