perstringe

/pəˈstɹɪn(d)ʒ/

Etymology

From Latin perstringere, from per- + stringere (“to tie, bind”).

perstringe means to censure; criticize. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

perstringe is pronounced /pəˈstɹɪn(d)ʒ/.

verb

To censure; criticize.“I speak not of such as generally tax vice […] but such as personate, rail, scoff, calumniate, perstringe by name, or in presence offend.”