constipate
[verb]
Synonyms: stultify, stagnate, stifle, trammel

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constipate adjective.LME-M18.
[Latin constipatus pa. pple, formed as CONSTIPATE verb: see -ATE².]
Constipated.

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constipate verb trans. ['kɒnstɪpeɪt] M16.
[Latin constipat- pa. ppl stem of constipare, formed as CON- + stipare press, cram: see -ATE³.]
1. Affect (a person, the bowels) with constipation; render costive. Chiefly in pass. M16.
b. Make (body tissue) more compact; constrict (a pore or duct). E17-M18.
c. fig. Hinder or obstruct abnormally. L19.

2. Crowd, pack, or press closely together; condense, thicken (a fluid). M16-M18.

■ constipated adjective affected with constipation, costive; characteristic of or associated with constipation: M16.

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