† aˈstrangle, v. Obs.
[a. OF. estrangle-r (mod. étrangler), cogn. with Pg. estrangular, It. strangolare:—L. strangulā-re, ad. Gr. στραγγαλά-ειν, στραγγαλίζειν to strangle, f. στραγγάλη halter. Cf. estrangle, in Caxton from continental French, and the aphetic strangle.]
To strangle, suffocate.
| 1297 R. Glouc. 342 Mossel he dude in to hys mouþ..Hyt byleuede amydde hys þrote, astrangled he was ryȝt þere. 1340 Ayenb. 50 He ȝernþ to þe þrote..him uor to astrangli. c 1400 Test. Love iii. (1560) 296 b/1 It hath nigh mee astrangled. |