praestringo

prae-stringō inxī, ictus, ere,

to draw together, fasten up, bind fast, compress: Syracosio (laqueo) praestrictā fauce, O.—Fig., of the sight, to make dull, blunt, dim, dazzle: oculos: fulguribus praestringentibus aciem oculorum, blinding, L.—Of the mind, to dazzle, confuse, overwhelm, baffle: aciem animorum nostrorum virtutis splendore: oculos mentis: praestigias.