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Webster 1913 Edition

Constipate

Con′sti-pate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Constipated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Constipating
.]
[L.
constipatus
, p. p. of
constipare
;
con-
+
stipare
to crowd together. See
Costive
.]
1.
To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.
[Obs.]
Of cold the property is to condense and
constipate
.
Bacon.
2.
To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it;
as, to
constipate
the capillary vessels
.
3.
(Med.)
To render costive; to cause constipation in.

Webster 1828 Edition

Constipate

CONSTIPATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to crowd, or cram. See Stuff and Stop.]
1.
To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to thicken or condense.
2.
To stop, by filling a passage, and preventing motion; as, to constipate capillary vessels.
3.
To fill or crowd the intestinal canal, and make costive.

Definition 2024

constipate

constipate

See also: constípate

English

Verb

constipate ‎(third-person singular simple present constipates, present participle constipating, simple past and past participle constipated)

  1. To cause constipation in.

Translations

Latin

Verb

constīpāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of constīpō

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