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Meaning of 'constipate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Constipate [ v. t.]
- To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.
- To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
- To render costive; to cause constipation in.

Meaning of 'constipate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . constipate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- impede with a clog or as if with a clog
Example in sentence:
  • My mind is constipated today;
  • The market is being clogged by these operations
Meaning (2):
- cause to be constipated
Example in sentence:
  • These foods tend to constipate you

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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