CONSTIPATE


Meaning of CONSTIPATE in English

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

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