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constipate
[ kon-stuh-peyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause constipation in; make costive.
- Informal. to cause to become slow-moving or immobilized; restrict the action or effectiveness of:
Bureaucratic red tape can constipate the operations of any government agency.
- Obsolete. to crowd or pack closely together.
constipate
/ ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪt /
verb
- tr to cause constipation in
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- con·sti·pat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of constipate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of constipate1
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Example Sentences
There are some foods that tend to constipate while others act as a laxative.
Certain vegetable and mineral substances taken either intentionally or by accident constipate the bowels.
The saccharated carbonate of iron is a beautiful preparation that does not constipate—is, indeed, a little laxative in action.
Brandy is decidedly injurious, it heats and inflames the throat, and tends to constipate the bowels.
Opium so employed does not produce narcotism, and does not constipate the bowels.
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