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constipated \constipated\ adj.
having difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of
the bowels; costive.
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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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