Stran"gle, v. i. To be strangled,
or suffocated.
Stran"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Strangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Strangling (?).] [OF. estrangler, F.
étrangler, L. strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ?
a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. Strain,
String.] 1. To compress the windpipe of (a
person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to
choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a
rope.
Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to
strangle herself.
Ayliffe.
2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any
manner.
Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . .
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
Shak.
3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to
suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." Shak.