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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Restringe, v. [e.m.E. to affect with costiveness (1597), to confine (1604), L. restringere to bind fast, confine.] tr. To limit or confine. —1567 Bk. Univ. Kirk I 121.
That love … is [not] diminished, nor be separation … restringed
