oppilate verb trans. ['ɒpɪleɪt] Now rare or obsolete. LME.
[Latin oppilat- pa. ppl stem of oppilare stop up, formed as OB- + pilare ram down, stop up: see -ATE³.]
Medicine. Stop or block up, obstruct.

■ oppi'lation noun the action of obstructing, the condition of being obstructed; an obstruction: LME.

■ oppilative adjective tending to stop up or obstruct, constipating LME-E18.

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