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Constipate

Constipate Meaning & Definition
Constipate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Constipate?

[v] cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"
[v] impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Constipate: bind | clog

Related Terms | Find terms related to Constipate:

See Also | indispose | obstipate | slow | slow down | slow up

Constipate In Webster's Dictionary

\Con"sti*pate\, v. 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.

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