[con.sti.pate] vt -pat.ed ; -pat.ing [ML constipatus, pp. of constipare, fr. L, to crowd together, fr. com- + stipare to pack tight--more at stiff] (1533) 1: to cause constipation in
2: to make immobile, inactive, or dull: stultify "so much clutter ... will tend to ~ the novel's working order --Times Lit. Supp."