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CONSTIPATING
Verb
constipating
present participle of constipate
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Source: Wiktionary
CONSTIPATE
Con"sti*pate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constipated; p.pr. & vb.n. Constipating.] Etym: [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.)
Definition: To render costive; to cause constipation in.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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