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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Constipate \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.]
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Of cold the property is to condense and constipate.
--Bacon.
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2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage
through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
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3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
constipate
v 1: impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is
being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated
today" [syn: {clog}, {constipate}]
2: cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"
[syn: {constipate}, {bind}]
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