ob-stringō strinxī, strictus, ere, to shut in, confine: ventos, H.

—Fig., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper, lay under obligation: (Oppianicum) donis: civitatem iure iurando, Cs.: amicos aere alieno, bring into debt: alqm pecuniā in flagitium, Ta.: se tot sceleribus, to be guilty of: se parricidio, perpetrate: iis vinculis fugae obstricti stabant, preventives of flight, L.: clementiam suam orationibus, to attest, Ta.