Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To wring or tie hard; pass strictures upon in speaking or writing; criticize.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To touch; to graze; to glance on.
- transitive verb rare To criticise; to touch upon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
censure ,criticize .
Etymologies
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From Latin perstringere, from per- + stringere ("to tie, bind").
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