transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌpāt ]
transitive verb
( -pat·ed ; -pat·ing )
Etymology: Medieval Latin constipatus, past participle of constipare, from Latin, to crowd together, from com- + stipare to pack tight — more at stiff
Date: 1533
1. : to cause constipation in
2. : to make immobile, inactive, or dull : stultify
so much clutter…will tend to constipate the novel's working order — Times Literary Supplement