Sekirov Dictionary

constipate

/ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪt/

verb 3
adjective 1
forms 5

verb3

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To cause constipation in, render costive.
- The medication can constipate you if you’re not drinking enough water.
- The long hours of travel seemed to constipate his digestion.
(no longer used) To constrict, contract (tissues, the body, fibres, etc.); to make firm and compact by pressing together.
(no longer used) To pack or crowd together.

adjective1

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(no longer used) Constipated, costive.
- By […] much Sweating, the Bowels were heated, and dry'd, and rendred Constipate. — 1697

forms

constipated · constipating · constipates · more constipate · most constipate

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